#AD8E2F#AD8E2F

#AD8E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E2F
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 1.58, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 52.45, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0006 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.116 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4212, 28.4372, 6.7334)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E2F #2F4EAD

analogous

#AD4F2F #AD8E2F #8DAD2F

triadic

#AD8E2F #2FAD8E #8E2FAD

tetradic

#AD8E2F #2FAD4F #2F4EAD #AD2F8D

square

#AD8E2F #2FAD4F #2F4EAD #AD2F8D

split-complementary

#AD8E2F #2F8DAD #4F2FAD

monochromatic

#4D3F15 #7D6622 #AD8E2F #CEAE4B #DBC47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AD8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E2F

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E2F	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)

#9E8C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6e',
    500: '#ad8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e2f;
$custom-light: #c9ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E2F

secondary

#7488C4

accent

#6DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E2F

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

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