#AD8A20#AD8A20

#AD8A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD8A20
RGBrgb(173, 138, 32)
HSLhsl(45, 69%, 40%)
HSVhsv(45, 82%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.2%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.13, 3.16, 56.92)
CIE-LCHlch(59.13, 57.01, 86.83°)
OKLaboklab(64.89% 0.0023 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(64.89% 0.123 88.9)
XYZxyz(26.5844, 27.1673, 5.2098)
Luminance0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD8A20 #2043AD
analogous
#AD4320 #AD8A20 #8AAD20
triadic
#AD8A20 #20AD8A #8A20AD
tetradic
#AD8A20 #20AD43 #2043AD #AD208A
square
#AD8A20 #20AD43 #2043AD #AD208A
split-complementary
#AD8A20 #208AAD #4320AD
monochromatic
#46380D #796116 #AD8A20 #D9AF31 #E2C365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#AD8A20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43
#AD8A20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A20
6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD8A20#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD8A201.003.266.436.43
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4321.001.001.00
##0000006.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8904
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A49227
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC7D76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab66',
    500: '#ad8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad8a20;
$custom-light: #caab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64887,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD8A20
secondary
#617BC8
accent
#68EC3C
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#141006
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A20

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#AD8A20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva