#AD8B22#AD8B22

#AD8B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.122 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B22
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 2.68, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 56.56, 87.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0011 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.122 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7566, 27.4667, 5.4054)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B22 #2244AD

analogous

#AD4622 #AD8B22 #89AD22

triadic

#AD8B22 #22AD8B #8B22AD

tetradic

#AD8B22 #22AD46 #2244AD #AD2289

square

#AD8B22 #22AD46 #2244AD #AD2289

split-complementary

#AD8B22 #2289AD #4622AD

monochromatic

#47390E #7A6218 #AD8B22 #D7B035 #E1C468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B22

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B22	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9C8A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.122 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac67',
    500: '#ad8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b22;
$custom-light: #caac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65107,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B22

secondary

#647CC7

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B22

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

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