#AD891C#AD891C

#AD891C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.124 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD891C
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 83.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 3.58, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 58.05, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0031 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.124 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3905, 26.8612, 4.8931)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD891C #1C40AD

analogous

#AD401C #AD891C #89AD1C

triadic

#AD891C #1CAD89 #891CAD

tetradic

#AD891C #1CAD40 #1C40AD #AD1C89

square

#AD891C #1CAD40 #1C40AD #AD1C89

split-complementary

#AD891C #1C89AD #401CAD

monochromatic

#44360B #785F13 #AD891C #DCB02A #E5C45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AD891C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AD891C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD891C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD891C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD891C	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad891c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.124 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab64',
    500: '#ad891c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad891c;
$custom-light: #caab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad891c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64658,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD891C

secondary

#5C77C9

accent

#66EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD891C

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

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