#FFAD56#FFAD56

#FFAD56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAD56
RGB	rgb(255, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, 22.16, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 59.89, 68.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0592 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.14 65)
XYZ	xyz(57.8673, 51.8241, 15.7577)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAD56 #56A8FF

analogous

#FF5956 #FFAD56 #FCFF56

triadic

#FFAD56 #56FFAD #AD56FF

tetradic

#FFAD56 #56FF59 #56A8FF #FF56FC

square

#FFAD56 #56FF59 #56A8FF #FF56FC

split-complementary

#FFAD56 #56FCFF #5956FF

monochromatic

#DB7100 #FF8F19 #FFAD56 #FFCB93 #FFE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FFAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#FFAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAD56

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAD56	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc589',
    500: '#ffad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffad56;
$custom-light: #ffc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.888,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.51819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAD56

secondary

#257AD4

accent

#6FE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAD56

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

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