#AD831F#AD831F

#AD831F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD831F
RGB	rgb(173, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 82.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 7.01, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 56.07, 82.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0132 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.121 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5989, 25.2177, 4.8153)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD831F #1F49AD

analogous

#AD3C1F #AD831F #90AD1F

triadic

#AD831F #1FAD83 #831FAD

tetradic

#AD831F #1FAD3C #1F49AD #AD1F90

square

#AD831F #1FAD3C #1F49AD #AD1F90

split-complementary

#AD831F #1F90AD #3C1FAD

monochromatic

#45340C #795C16 #AD831F #DAA72F #E3BD63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AD831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#AD831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD831F

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD831F	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#958306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa664',
    500: '#ad831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad831f;
$custom-light: #caa664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD831F

secondary

#607FC8

accent

#70EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD831F

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

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