#AD6536#AD6536

#AD6536 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.112 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6536
RGB	rgb(173, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(24, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 24.86, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 45.70, 57.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.0688 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.112 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5549, 18.4603, 5.8647)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6536 #367EAD

analogous

#AD3643 #AD6536 #ADA036

triadic

#AD6536 #36AD65 #6536AD

tetradic

#AD6536 #43AD36 #367EAD #A036AD

square

#AD6536 #43AD36 #367EAD #A036AD

split-complementary

#AD6536 #36ADA0 #3643AD

monochromatic

#502F19 #7E4A27 #AD6536 #CA8456 #D9A685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#AD6536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AD6536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6536

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6536	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)

#7A6D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD565A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.112 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca916f',
    500: '#ad6536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6536;
$custom-light: #ca916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.697,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57863,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6536

secondary

#7CA7C2

accent

#A3DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6536

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

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