#AD8E26#AD8E26

#AD8E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E26
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 1.18, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 55.86, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0028 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2580, 28.3719, 5.8740)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E26 #2645AD

analogous

#AD4B26 #AD8E26 #89AD26

triadic

#AD8E26 #26AD8E #8E26AD

tetradic

#AD8E26 #26AD4B #2645AD #AD2689

square

#AD8E26 #26AD4B #2645AD #AD2689

split-complementary

#AD8E26 #2689AD #4B26AD

monochromatic

#493C10 #7B651B #AD8E26 #D4B13C #DFC56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AD8E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E26

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E26	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ad8e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e26;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6576,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E26

secondary

#697EC6

accent

#67E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E26

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

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