#AD8D26#AD8D26

#AD8D26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD8D26
RGBrgb(173, 141, 38)
HSLhsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSVhsv(46, 78%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.5%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.96, 1.73, 55.60)
CIE-LCHlch(59.96, 55.63, 88.22°)
OKLaboklab(65.55% -0.0012 0.1214)
OKLCHoklch(65.55% 0.121 90.6)
XYZxyz(27.1099, 28.0757, 5.8246)
Luminance0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD8D26 #2646AD
analogous
#AD4A26 #AD8D26 #8AAD26
triadic
#AD8D26 #26AD8D #8D26AD
tetradic
#AD8D26 #26AD4A #2646AD #AD268A
square
#AD8D26 #26AD4A #2646AD #AD268A
split-complementary
#AD8D26 #268AAD #4A26AD
monochromatic
#493B10 #7B641B #AD8D26 #D4B03C #DFC46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17
#AD8D26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61
#AD8D26 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D26
6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD8D26#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD8D261.003.176.616.61
#FFFFFF3.171.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6121.001.001.00
##0000006.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8B12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5942C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC8179
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.121 90.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ad8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad8d26;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6555,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD8D26
secondary
#697FC6
accent
#68E741
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#141007
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D26

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#AD8D26 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva