#AD831C#AD831C

#AD831C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.122 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD831C
RGB	rgb(173, 131, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 83.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 6.91, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 57.01, 83.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0126 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.122 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5612, 25.2026, 4.6167)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD831C #1C46AD

analogous

#AD3B1C #AD831C #8EAD1C

triadic

#AD831C #1CAD83 #831CAD

tetradic

#AD831C #1CAD3B #1C46AD #AD1C8E

square

#AD831C #1CAD3B #1C46AD #AD1C8E

split-complementary

#AD831C #1C8EAD #3B1CAD

monochromatic

#44330B #785B13 #AD831C #DCA92A #E5BE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AD831C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AD831C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD831C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD831C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD831C	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)

#9F8E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad831c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 131, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.122 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa663',
    500: '#ad831c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad831c;
$custom-light: #caa663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad831c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD831C

secondary

#5C7BC9

accent

#6EEF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD831C

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

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