#AD8A1E#AD8A1E

#AD8A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.124 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A1E
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 82.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 3.09, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 57.64, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0019 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.124 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5581, 27.1567, 5.0710)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A1E #1E41AD

analogous

#AD431E #AD8A1E #88AD1E

triadic

#AD8A1E #1EAD8A #8A1EAD

tetradic

#AD8A1E #1EAD43 #1E41AD #AD1E88

square

#AD8A1E #1EAD43 #1E41AD #AD1E88

split-complementary

#AD8A1E #1E88AD #431EAD

monochromatic

#45370C #796015 #AD8A1E #DBB02E #E4C462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AD8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AD8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A1E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A1E	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)

#A49225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.124 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab65',
    500: '#ad8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a1e;
$custom-light: #caab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64876,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A1E

secondary

#5E78C8

accent

#66ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A1E

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

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