#FFAD50#FFAD50

#FFAD50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.144 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAD50
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, 21.83, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 62.28, 69.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% 0.0574 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.144 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.6357, 51.7314, 14.5376)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD50 #50A2FF

analogous

#FF5550 #FFAD50 #F9FF50

triadic

#FFAD50 #50FFAD #AD50FF

tetradic

#FFAD50 #50FF55 #50A2FF #FF50F9

square

#FFAD50 #50FF55 #50A2FF #FF50F9

split-complementary

#FFAD50 #50F9FF #5550FF

monochromatic

#D57100 #FF9013 #FFAD50 #FFCA8D #FFE6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FFAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#FFAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD50

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD50	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.144 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc585',
    500: '#ffad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad50;
$custom-light: #ffc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.886,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8108,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD50

secondary

#2474CF

accent

#6CE600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD50

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

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