#AD8B24#AD8B24

#AD8B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.121 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B24
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 2.75, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 55.89, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0015 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.121 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7863, 27.4786, 5.5618)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B24 #2446AD

analogous

#AD4624 #AD8B24 #8AAD24

triadic

#AD8B24 #24AD8B #8B24AD

tetradic

#AD8B24 #24AD46 #2446AD #AD248A

square

#AD8B24 #24AD46 #2446AD #AD248A

split-complementary

#AD8B24 #248AAD #4624AD

monochromatic

#483A0F #7A6219 #AD8B24 #D6AF39 #E0C36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B24

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B24	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.121 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac68',
    500: '#ad8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b24;
$custom-light: #caac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65119,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B24

secondary

#667EC6

accent

#69E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B24

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

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