#AD8E2B#AD8E2B

#AD8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.119 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E2B
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 1.39, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 54.02, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0016 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.119 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3442, 28.4063, 6.3278)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E2B #2B4AAD

analogous

#AD4D2B #AD8E2B #8BAD2B

triadic

#AD8E2B #2BAD8E #8E2BAD

tetradic

#AD8E2B #2BAD4D #2B4AAD #AD2B8B

square

#AD8E2B #2BAD4D #2B4AAD #AD2B8B

split-complementary

#AD8E2B #2B8BAD #4D2BAD

monochromatic

#4B3E13 #7C661F #AD8E2B #D1AF45 #DDC476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E2B

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.119 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6b',
    500: '#ad8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e2b;
$custom-light: #c9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65794,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E2B

secondary

#6F84C4

accent

#6AE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E2B

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

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