#AD831B#AD831B

#AD831B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.122 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD831B
RGB	rgb(173, 131, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 6.88, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 57.31, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0124 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.122 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5495, 25.1979, 4.5547)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD831B #1B45AD

analogous

#AD3A1B #AD831B #8EAD1B

triadic

#AD831B #1BAD83 #831BAD

tetradic

#AD831B #1BAD3A #1B45AD #AD1B8E

square

#AD831B #1BAD3A #1B45AD #AD1B8E

split-complementary

#AD831B #1B8EAD #3A1BAD

monochromatic

#43330A #785B13 #AD831B #DDA928 #E6BE5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AD831B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AD831B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD831B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD831B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD831B	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad831b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 131, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.122 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa662',
    500: '#ad831b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad831b;
$custom-light: #caa662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad831b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63416,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD831B

secondary

#5A7ACA

accent

#6DF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD831B

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

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