#AD6539#AD6539

#AD6539 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.110 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6539
RGB	rgb(173, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 25.04, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 44.51, 55.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0699 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.11 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6276, 18.4893, 6.2472)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6539 #3981AD

analogous

#AD3947 #AD6539 #AD9F39

triadic

#AD6539 #39AD65 #6539AD

tetradic

#AD6539 #47AD39 #3981AD #9F39AD

square

#AD6539 #47AD39 #3981AD #9F39AD

split-complementary

#AD6539 #39AD9F #3947AD

monochromatic

#512F1B #7F4A2A #AD6539 #C9845A #D8A788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#AD6539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#AD6539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6539

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6539	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.110 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9171',
    500: '#ad6539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6539;
$custom-light: #ca9171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57901,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6539

secondary

#80A9C2

accent

#A5DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6539

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

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