#AD8A1F#AD8A1F

#AD8A1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A1F
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 82.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 3.12, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 57.33, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0021 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.123 89)
XYZ	xyz(26.5710, 27.1619, 5.1393)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A1F #1F42AD

analogous

#AD431F #AD8A1F #89AD1F

triadic

#AD8A1F #1FAD8A #8A1FAD

tetradic

#AD8A1F #1FAD43 #1F42AD #AD1F89

square

#AD8A1F #1FAD43 #1F42AD #AD1F89

split-complementary

#AD8A1F #1F89AD #431FAD

monochromatic

#45370C #796116 #AD8A1F #DAB02F #E3C463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AD8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A1F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A1F	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#9B8902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab65',
    500: '#ad8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a1f;
$custom-light: #caab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64881,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.2716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A1F

secondary

#6079C8

accent

#67EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A1F

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

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