#FFAD26#FFAD26

#FFAD26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.163 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAD26
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 38)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 85%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 85.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, 20.26, 73.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 76.50, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% 0.048 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.163 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5379, 51.2923, 8.7562)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD26 #2678FF

analogous

#FF4026 #FFAD26 #E5FF26

triadic

#FFAD26 #26FFAD #AD26FF

tetradic

#FFAD26 #26FF40 #2678FF #FF26E5

square

#FFAD26 #26FF40 #2678FF #FF26E5

split-complementary

#FFAD26 #26E5FF #4026FF

monochromatic

#AB6A00 #E89000 #FFAD26 #FFC463 #FFDBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#FFAD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#FFAD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD26

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD26	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.163 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc56f',
    500: '#ffad26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad26;
$custom-light: #ffc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.327,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8079,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD26

secondary

#1E53AB

accent

#7AFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1208

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD26

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

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