#AD6537#AD6537

#AD6537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.111 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6537
RGB	rgb(173, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 24.92, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 45.30, 56.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.0692 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.111 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5787, 18.4698, 5.9896)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6537 #377FAD

analogous

#AD3744 #AD6537 #ADA037

triadic

#AD6537 #37AD65 #6537AD

tetradic

#AD6537 #44AD37 #377FAD #A037AD

square

#AD6537 #44AD37 #377FAD #A037AD

split-complementary

#AD6537 #37ADA0 #3744AD

monochromatic

#502F19 #7F4A28 #AD6537 #CA8457 #D8A686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AD6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AD6537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6537

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6537	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)

#796D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.111 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca916f',
    500: '#ad6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6537;
$custom-light: #ca916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.39,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57876,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6537

secondary

#7DA7C2

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6537

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

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