#AD6535#AD6535

#AD6535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.112 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6535
RGB	rgb(173, 101, 53)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 24.80, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 46.10, 57.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.0685 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.112 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5317, 18.4510, 5.7423)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6535 #357DAD

analogous

#AD3541 #AD6535 #ADA135

triadic

#AD6535 #35AD65 #6535AD

tetradic

#AD6535 #41AD35 #357DAD #A135AD

square

#AD6535 #41AD35 #357DAD #A135AD

split-complementary

#AD6535 #35ADA1 #3541AD

monochromatic

#4F2E18 #7E4A27 #AD6535 #CB8454 #D9A683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#AD6535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AD6535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6535

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6535	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#7A6D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 101, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.112 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca916e',
    500: '#ad6535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6535;
$custom-light: #ca916e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57851,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6535

secondary

#7BA6C3

accent

#A2DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6535

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

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