#AD8E28#AD8E28

#AD8E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E28
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 1.26, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 55.14, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0023 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.121 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2912, 28.3851, 6.0485)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E28 #2847AD

analogous

#AD4C28 #AD8E28 #8AAD28

triadic

#AD8E28 #28AD8E #8E28AD

tetradic

#AD8E28 #28AD4C #2847AD #AD288A

square

#AD8E28 #28AD4C #2847AD #AD288A

split-complementary

#AD8E28 #288AAD #4C28AD

monochromatic

#4A3C11 #7B651D #AD8E28 #D3B03F #DEC571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E28

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E28	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ad8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e28;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65773,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E28

secondary

#6C80C5

accent

#68E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E28

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

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