#AD8A1D#AD8A1D

#AD8A1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.124 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A1D
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 83.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 3.06, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 57.95, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0017 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.124 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5455, 27.1517, 5.0048)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A1D #1D40AD

analogous

#AD421D #AD8A1D #88AD1D

triadic

#AD8A1D #1DAD8A #8A1DAD

tetradic

#AD8A1D #1DAD42 #1D40AD #AD1D88

square

#AD8A1D #1DAD42 #1D40AD #AD1D88

split-complementary

#AD8A1D #1D88AD #421DAD

monochromatic

#44360B #796014 #AD8A1D #DCB12C #E4C460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AD8A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AD8A1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A1D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A1D	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab64',
    500: '#ad8a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a1d;
$custom-light: #caab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64871,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A1D

secondary

#5D77C9

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A1D

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

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