#AD685C#AD685C

#AD685C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD685C
RGB	rgb(173, 104, 92)
HSL	hsl(9, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 46.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 26.30, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 32.19, 35.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0786 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.091 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1170, 19.5597, 12.6284)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD685C #5CA1AD

analogous

#AD5C79 #AD685C #AD915C

triadic

#AD685C #5CAD68 #685CAD

tetradic

#AD685C #79AD5C #5CA1AD #915CAD

square

#AD685C #79AD5C #5CA1AD #915CAD

split-complementary

#AD685C #5CAD91 #5C79AD

monochromatic

#5F3730 #884E44 #AD685C #C18E85 #D6B3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#AD685C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#AD685C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD685C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD685C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD685C	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89805B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad685c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 104, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8948a',
    500: '#ad685c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad685c;
$custom-light: #c8948a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad685c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 33.061,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59044,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD685C

secondary

#A1BFC4

accent

#B9C95F

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F1F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#130D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD685C

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

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