#AD6540#AD6540

#AD6540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.106 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6540
RGB	rgb(173, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 25.51, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 41.79, 52.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0724 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.106 47)
XYZ	xyz(22.8144, 18.5641, 7.2312)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6540 #4088AD

analogous

#AD4052 #AD6540 #AD9C40

triadic

#AD6540 #40AD65 #6540AD

tetradic

#AD6540 #52AD40 #4088AD #9C40AD

square

#AD6540 #52AD40 #4088AD #9C40AD

split-complementary

#AD6540 #40AD9C #4052AD

monochromatic

#54311F #804B2F #AD6540 #C68564 #D6A991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#AD6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#AD6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6540

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6540	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.106 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9176',
    500: '#ad6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6540;
$custom-light: #ca9176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.367,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57998,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.18562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6540

secondary

#87AEC2

accent

#A9D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6540

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

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