#AD8B23#AD8B23

#AD8B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.122 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B23
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 2.71, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 56.23, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0013 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.122 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7712, 27.4726, 5.4825)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B23 #2345AD

analogous

#AD4623 #AD8B23 #8AAD23

triadic

#AD8B23 #23AD8B #8B23AD

tetradic

#AD8B23 #23AD46 #2345AD #AD238A

square

#AD8B23 #23AD46 #2345AD #AD238A

split-complementary

#AD8B23 #238AAD #4623AD

monochromatic

#47390E #7A6219 #AD8B23 #D6AF37 #E1C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B23

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B23	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)

#9C8A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.122 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac67',
    500: '#ad8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b23;
$custom-light: #caac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65113,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B23

secondary

#657DC7

accent

#69E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B23

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

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