#AD8D2A#AD8D2A

#AD8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D2A
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 1.90, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 54.16, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0003 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.119 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1780, 28.1029, 6.1830)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D2A #2A4AAD

analogous

#AD4C2A #AD8D2A #8BAD2A

triadic

#AD8D2A #2AAD8D #8D2AAD

tetradic

#AD8D2A #2AAD4C #2A4AAD #AD2A8B

square

#AD8D2A #2AAD4C #2A4AAD #AD2A8B

split-complementary

#AD8D2A #2A8BAD #4C2AAD

monochromatic

#4B3D12 #7C651E #AD8D2A #D1AF43 #DDC474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D2A

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D2A	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)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6b',
    500: '#ad8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d2a;
$custom-light: #caae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65577,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D2A

secondary

#6E83C5

accent

#6BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D2A

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

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