#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
RGB	rgb(173, 136, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 4.10, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 58.15, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0045 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.124 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2373, 26.5735, 4.7840)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AD881B	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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