#AD8B25#AD8B25

#AD8B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.121 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B25
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 2.79, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 55.54, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0017 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.121 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8018, 27.4848, 5.6434)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B25 #2547AD

analogous

#AD4725 #AD8B25 #8BAD25

triadic

#AD8B25 #25AD8B #8B25AD

tetradic

#AD8B25 #25AD47 #2547AD #AD258B

square

#AD8B25 #25AD47 #2547AD #AD258B

split-complementary

#AD8B25 #258BAD #4725AD

monochromatic

#483A0F #7B621A #AD8B25 #D5AE3A #E0C36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B25

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B25	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)

#9C8A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.121 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac68',
    500: '#ad8b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b25;
$custom-light: #caac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65125,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B25

secondary

#687FC6

accent

#6AE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B25

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

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