#AD8D25#AD8D25

#AD8D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.122 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D25
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 1.69, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 55.98, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0014 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.122 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0940, 28.0693, 5.7408)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D25 #2545AD

analogous

#AD4925 #AD8D25 #89AD25

triadic

#AD8D25 #25AD8D #8D25AD

tetradic

#AD8D25 #25AD49 #2545AD #AD2589

square

#AD8D25 #25AD49 #2545AD #AD2589

split-complementary

#AD8D25 #2589AD #4925AD

monochromatic

#483B0F #7B641A #AD8D25 #D5B13A #E0C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AD8D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AD8D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D25

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D25	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.122 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae68',
    500: '#ad8d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d25;
$custom-light: #caae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D25

secondary

#687EC6

accent

#68E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D25

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

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