#AD701B#AD701B

#AD701B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.121 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD701B
RGB	rgb(173, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 17.52, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 55.62, 71.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% 0.0432 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.121 69)
XYZ	xyz(23.2275, 20.5540, 3.7807)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD701B #1B58AD

analogous

#AD271B #AD701B #A1AD1B

triadic

#AD701B #1BAD70 #701BAD

tetradic

#AD701B #1BAD27 #1B58AD #AD1BA1

square

#AD701B #1BAD27 #1B58AD #AD1BA1

split-complementary

#AD701B #1BA1AD #271BAD

monochromatic

#432B0A #784E13 #AD701B #DD9228 #E6AC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#AD701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#AD701B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD701B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD701B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93831E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.121 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9960',
    500: '#ad701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad701b;
$custom-light: #cb9960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.932,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59658,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.20552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD701B

secondary

#5A89CA

accent

#85F038

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD701B

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

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