#AD8D2B#AD8D2B

#AD8D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D2B
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 1.94, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 53.78, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.118 90)
XYZ	xyz(27.1961, 28.1101, 6.2784)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D2B #2B4BAD

analogous

#AD4C2B #AD8D2B #8CAD2B

triadic

#AD8D2B #2BAD8D #8D2BAD

tetradic

#AD8D2B #2BAD4C #2B4BAD #AD2B8C

square

#AD8D2B #2BAD4C #2B4BAD #AD2B8C

split-complementary

#AD8D2B #2B8CAD #4C2BAD

monochromatic

#4B3D13 #7C651F #AD8D2B #D1AE45 #DDC376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D2B

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6b',
    500: '#ad8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d2b;
$custom-light: #c9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65584,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.28108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D2B

secondary

#6F84C4

accent

#6CE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D2B

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

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