#AD8E29#AD8E29

#AD8E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E29
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 1.30, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 54.77, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0021 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.12 91)
XYZ	xyz(27.3084, 28.3920, 6.1392)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E29 #2948AD

analogous

#AD4C29 #AD8E29 #8AAD29

triadic

#AD8E29 #29AD8E #8E29AD

tetradic

#AD8E29 #29AD4C #2948AD #AD298A

square

#AD8E29 #29AD4C #2948AD #AD298A

split-complementary

#AD8E29 #298AAD #4C29AD

monochromatic

#4A3D12 #7C651D #AD8E29 #D2B041 #DEC573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E29

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E29	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#9E8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae6a',
    500: '#ad8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e29;
$custom-light: #caae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6578,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.2839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E29

secondary

#6D82C5

accent

#69E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E29

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

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