#AD8D28#AD8D28

#AD8D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D28
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 1.81, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 54.91, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.0008 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.12 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1430, 28.0889, 5.9991)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D28 #2848AD

analogous

#AD4B28 #AD8D28 #8BAD28

triadic

#AD8D28 #28AD8D #8D28AD

tetradic

#AD8D28 #28AD4B #2848AD #AD288B

square

#AD8D28 #28AD4B #2848AD #AD288B

split-complementary

#AD8D28 #288BAD #4B28AD

monochromatic

#4A3C11 #7B641D #AD8D28 #D3AF3F #DEC471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D28

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D28	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ad8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d28;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65563,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D28

secondary

#6C81C5

accent

#6AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D28

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

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