#FFAD3B#FFAD3B

#FFAD3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.155 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAD3B
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 77%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 76.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, 20.89, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 70.12, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0519 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.155 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9774, 51.4681, 11.0704)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD3B #3B8DFF

analogous

#FF4B3B #FFAD3B #EFFF3B

triadic

#FFAD3B #3BFFAD #AD3BFF

tetradic

#FFAD3B #3BFF4B #3B8DFF #FF3BEF

square

#FFAD3B #3BFF4B #3B8DFF #FF3BEF

split-complementary

#FFAD3B #3BEFFF #4B3BFF

monochromatic

#C06F00 #FD9300 #FFAD3B #FFC778 #FFE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#FFAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#FFAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD3B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD3B	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.155 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc579',
    500: '#ffad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad3b;
$custom-light: #ffc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.898,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80906,
    "c": 0.15495,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD3B

secondary

#2162BD

accent

#60E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#191209

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD3B

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

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