#AD801B#AD801B

#AD801B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.121 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD801B
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 8.55, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 56.88, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0173 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.121 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1524, 24.4037, 4.4224)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD801B #1B48AD

analogous

#AD371B #AD801B #91AD1B

triadic

#AD801B #1BAD80 #801BAD

tetradic

#AD801B #1BAD37 #1B48AD #AD1B91

square

#AD801B #1BAD37 #1B48AD #AD1B91

split-complementary

#AD801B #1B91AD #371BAD

monochromatic

#43320A #785913 #AD801B #DDA528 #E6BB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#AD801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#AD801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD801B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD801B	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.121 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba462',
    500: '#ad801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad801b;
$custom-light: #cba462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62805,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD801B

secondary

#5A7DCA

accent

#71F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD801B

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

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