#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
RGBrgb(173, 139, 34)
HSLhsl(45, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.7%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.40, 2.68, 56.50)
CIE-LCHlch(59.40, 56.56, 87.29°)
OKLaboklab(65.11% 0.0011 0.1224)
OKLCHoklch(65.11% 0.122 89.5)
XYZxyz(26.7566, 27.4667, 5.4054)
Luminance0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AD8B221.003.236.496.49
#FFFFFF3.231.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4921.001.001.00
##0000006.4921.001.001.00

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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#AD8B22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva