#AD861B#AD861B

#AD861B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.123 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD861B
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 5.21, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 57.80, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0077 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.123 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9582, 26.0154, 4.6910)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD861B #1B42AD

analogous

#AD3D1B #AD861B #8BAD1B

triadic

#AD861B #1BAD86 #861BAD

tetradic

#AD861B #1BAD3D #1B42AD #AD1B8B

square

#AD861B #1BAD3D #1B42AD #AD1B8B

split-complementary

#AD861B #1B8BAD #3D1BAD

monochromatic

#43340A #785D13 #AD861B #DDAD28 #E6C15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AD861B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AD861B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD861B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD861B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD861B	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad861b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.123 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa863',
    500: '#ad861b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad861b;
$custom-light: #caa863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad861b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64032,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD861B

secondary

#5A78CA

accent

#69F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD861B

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

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