#FFAD55#FFAD55

#FFAD55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.141 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAD55
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 22.10, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 60.29, 68.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0589 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.141 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8273, 51.8081, 15.5470)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD55 #55A7FF

analogous

#FF5855 #FFAD55 #FCFF55

triadic

#FFAD55 #55FFAD #AD55FF

tetradic

#FFAD55 #55FF58 #55A7FF #FF55FC

square

#FFAD55 #55FF58 #55A7FF #FF55FC

split-complementary

#FFAD55 #55FCFF #5855FF

monochromatic

#DA7100 #FF8F18 #FFAD55 #FFCB92 #FFE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FFAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#FFAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD55

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD55	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.141 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc588',
    500: '#ffad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad55;
$custom-light: #ffc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.059,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8113,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD55

secondary

#2579D3

accent

#6FE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD55

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

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