#AD8F28#AD8F28

#AD8F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.121 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F28
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 0.71, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 55.38, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0039 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.121 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4406, 28.6840, 6.0983)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F28 #2846AD

analogous

#AD4D28 #AD8F28 #89AD28

triadic

#AD8F28 #28AD8F #8F28AD

tetradic

#AD8F28 #28AD4D #2846AD #AD2889

square

#AD8F28 #28AD4D #2846AD #AD2889

split-complementary

#AD8F28 #2889AD #4D28AD

monochromatic

#4A3D11 #7B661D #AD8F28 #D3B23F #DEC671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AD8F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AD8F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F28

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F28	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.121 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf6a',
    500: '#ad8f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f28;
$custom-light: #caaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65983,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F28

secondary

#6C80C5

accent

#67E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F28

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

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