#AD8E2E#AD8E2E

#AD8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E2E
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 1.53, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 52.85, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0009 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.117 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4013, 28.4292, 6.6284)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E2E #2E4DAD

analogous

#AD4E2E #AD8E2E #8DAD2E

triadic

#AD8E2E #2EAD8E #8E2EAD

tetradic

#AD8E2E #2EAD4E #2E4DAD #AD2E8D

square

#AD8E2E #2EAD4E #2E4DAD #AD2E8D

split-complementary

#AD8E2E #2E8DAD #4E2EAD

monochromatic

#4C3F14 #7D6621 #AD8E2E #CFAE49 #DCC47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AD8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E2E

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E2E	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6d',
    500: '#ad8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e2e;
$custom-light: #c9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65817,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E2E

secondary

#7387C4

accent

#6CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E2E

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

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