#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
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 3.16, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 57.01, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0023 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.123 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5844, 27.1673, 5.2098)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AD8A20	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)

#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

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

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