#AD8D29#AD8D29

#AD8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D29
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 1.85, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 54.54, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0005 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.12 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1603, 28.0958, 6.0899)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D29 #2949AD

analogous

#AD4B29 #AD8D29 #8BAD29

triadic

#AD8D29 #29AD8D #8D29AD

tetradic

#AD8D29 #29AD4B #2949AD #AD298B

square

#AD8D29 #29AD4B #2949AD #AD298B

split-complementary

#AD8D29 #298BAD #4B29AD

monochromatic

#4A3C12 #7C651D #AD8D29 #D2AF41 #DEC473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D29

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D29	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)

#9D8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ad8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d29;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6557,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D29

secondary

#6D82C5

accent

#6AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D29

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

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