#AD8D2D#AD8D2D

#AD8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D2D
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 2.04, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 53.01, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0005 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.117 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2337, 28.1252, 6.4764)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D2D #2D4DAD

analogous

#AD4D2D #AD8D2D #8DAD2D

triadic

#AD8D2D #2DAD8D #8D2DAD

tetradic

#AD8D2D #2DAD4D #2D4DAD #AD2D8D

square

#AD8D2D #2DAD4D #2D4DAD #AD2D8D

split-complementary

#AD8D2D #2D8DAD #4D2DAD

monochromatic

#4C3E14 #7C6520 #AD8D2D #CFAD48 #DCC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D2D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D2D	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)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6c',
    500: '#ad8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d2d;
$custom-light: #c9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65599,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D2D

secondary

#7286C4

accent

#6DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D2D

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

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