#AD8E2D#AD8E2D

#AD8E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.118 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E2D
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 1.49, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 53.25, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0011 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.118 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3818, 28.4214, 6.5258)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E2D #2D4CAD

analogous

#AD4E2D #AD8E2D #8CAD2D

triadic

#AD8E2D #2DAD8E #8E2DAD

tetradic

#AD8E2D #2DAD4E #2D4CAD #AD2D8C

square

#AD8E2D #2DAD4E #2D4CAD #AD2D8C

split-complementary

#AD8E2D #2D8CAD #4E2DAD

monochromatic

#4C3E14 #7C6620 #AD8E2D #CFAF48 #DCC478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E2D

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E2D	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)

#9E8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.118 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6c',
    500: '#ad8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e2d;
$custom-light: #c9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65809,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E2D

secondary

#7286C4

accent

#6CE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E2D

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

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