#AD8B20#AD8B20

#AD8B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B20
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 2.61, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 57.22, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0007 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.123 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7286, 27.4555, 5.2579)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B20 #2042AD

analogous

#AD4520 #AD8B20 #88AD20

triadic

#AD8B20 #20AD8B #8B20AD

tetradic

#AD8B20 #20AD45 #2042AD #AD2088

square

#AD8B20 #20AD45 #2042AD #AD2088

split-complementary

#AD8B20 #2088AD #4520AD

monochromatic

#46380D #796216 #AD8B20 #D9B131 #E2C465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B20

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B20	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac66',
    500: '#ad8b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b20;
$custom-light: #caac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65095,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B20

secondary

#617AC8

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B20

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

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