#AD851F#AD851F

#AD851F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD851F
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 5.89, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 56.40, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.01 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.121 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8701, 25.7601, 4.9057)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD851F #1F47AD

analogous

#AD3E1F #AD851F #8EAD1F

triadic

#AD851F #1FAD85 #851FAD

tetradic

#AD851F #1FAD3E #1F47AD #AD1F8E

square

#AD851F #1FAD3E #1F47AD #AD1F8E

split-complementary

#AD851F #1F8EAD #3E1FAD

monochromatic

#45350C #795D16 #AD851F #DAAA2F #E3BF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD851F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD851F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#978505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa864',
    500: '#ad851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad851f;
$custom-light: #caa864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63847,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD851F

secondary

#607DC8

accent

#6DEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD851F

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

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