#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
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 1.73, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 55.63, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0012 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1099, 28.0757, 5.8246)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AD8D26	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	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)

#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

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

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