#AD6448#AD6448

#AD6448 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.103 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6448
RGB	rgb(173, 100, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 26.67, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 39.01, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0772 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.103 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9621, 18.4687, 8.4852)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6448 #4891AD

analogous

#AD485E #AD6448 #AD9648

triadic

#AD6448 #48AD64 #6448AD

tetradic

#AD6448 #5EAD48 #4891AD #9648AD

square

#AD6448 #5EAD48 #4891AD #9648AD

split-complementary

#AD6448 #48AD96 #485EAD

monochromatic

#573224 #824B36 #AD6448 #C3866F #D5AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AD6448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AD6448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6448

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6448	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 100, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.103 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9917b',
    500: '#ad6448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6448;
$custom-light: #c9917b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.634,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57949,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6448

secondary

#8FB4C1

accent

#AFD157

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140D09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6448

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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