#AD881B#AD881B

#AD881B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.124 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD881B
RGBrgb(173, 136, 27)
HSLhsl(45, 73%, 39%)
HSVhsv(45, 84%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.4%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(58.58, 4.10, 58.01)
CIE-LCHlch(58.58, 58.15, 85.95°)
OKLaboklab(64.44% 0.0045 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(64.44% 0.124 87.9)
XYZxyz(26.2373, 26.5735, 4.7840)
Luminance0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD881B #1B40AD
analogous
#AD3F1B #AD881B #89AD1B
triadic
#AD881B #1BAD88 #881BAD
tetradic
#AD881B #1BAD3F #1B40AD #AD1B89
square
#AD881B #1BAD3F #1B40AD #AD1B89
split-complementary
#AD881B #1B89AD #3F1BAD
monochromatic
#43350A #785E13 #AD881B #DDAF28 #E6C35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33
#AD881B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31
#AD881B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD881B
6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD881B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD881B1.003.336.316.31
#FFFFFF3.331.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3121.001.001.00
##0000006.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#998700
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29122
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC7B74
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad881b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 136, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.124 87.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa63',
    500: '#ad881b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad881b;
$custom-light: #caaa63;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad881b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64445,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD881B
secondary
#5A76CA
accent
#67F038
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD881B

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

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#AD881B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva