#AD811B#AD811B

#AD811B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.122 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD811B
RGB	rgb(173, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 7.99, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 57.02, 81.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0156 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.122 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2834, 24.6659, 4.4661)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD811B #1B47AD

analogous

#AD381B #AD811B #90AD1B

triadic

#AD811B #1BAD81 #811BAD

tetradic

#AD811B #1BAD38 #1B47AD #AD1B90

square

#AD811B #1BAD38 #1B47AD #AD1B90

split-complementary

#AD811B #1B90AD #381BAD

monochromatic

#43320A #785A13 #AD811B #DDA728 #E6BC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AD811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#AD811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD811B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD811B	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.122 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa562',
    500: '#ad811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad811b;
$custom-light: #caa562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD811B

secondary

#5A7CCA

accent

#6FF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD811B

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

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