#AD851A#AD851A

#AD851A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.123 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD851A
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 26)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 85%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 5.74, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 57.92, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0091 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.123 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8093, 25.7358, 4.5852)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD851A #1A42AD

analogous

#AD3B1A #AD851A #8CAD1A

triadic

#AD851A #1AAD85 #851AAD

tetradic

#AD851A #1AAD3B #1A42AD #AD1A8C

square

#AD851A #1AAD3B #1A42AD #AD1A8C

split-complementary

#AD851A #1A8CAD #3B1AAD

monochromatic

#43330A #785C12 #AD851A #DEAC26 #E6C05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AD851A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD851A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD851A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD851A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD851A	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad851a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.123 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa862',
    500: '#ad851a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad851a;
$custom-light: #caa862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad851a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.673,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63821,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD851A

secondary

#5978CA

accent

#6AF137

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD851A

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

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