Orange Yellow#FFAD01

#FFAD01 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.170 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Orange Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFAD01
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 1)
HSL	hsl(41, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 99.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, 19.77, 80.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 82.45, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0446 0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.17 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1937, 51.1546, 6.9431)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD01 #0153FF

analogous

#FF2E01 #FFAD01 #D2FF01

triadic

#FFAD01 #01FFAD #AD01FF

tetradic

#FFAD01 #01FF2E #0153FF #FF01D2

square

#FFAD01 #01FF2E #0153FF #FF01D2

split-complementary

#FFAD01 #01D2FF #2E01FF

monochromatic

#865A00 #C38400 #FFAD01 #FFC13E #FFD57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FFAD01 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#FFAD01 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD01

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD01	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD01	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad01;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.170 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc565',
    500: '#ffad01',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad01;
$custom-light: #ffc565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad01",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.63,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80699,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD01

secondary

#193E8C

accent

#6EFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F0

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1207

muted

#87827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD01

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

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