#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
RGBrgb(173, 139, 37)
HSLhsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSVhsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.7%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.42, 2.79, 55.47)
CIE-LCHlch(59.42, 55.54, 87.12°)
OKLaboklab(65.13% 0.0017 0.1209)
OKLCHoklch(65.13% 0.121 89.2)
XYZxyz(26.8018, 27.4848, 5.6434)
Luminance0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AD8B251.003.236.506.50
#FFFFFF3.231.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5021.001.001.00
##0000006.5021.001.001.00

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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#AD8B25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva