#AD8F2A#AD8F2A

#AD8F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F2A
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 0.80, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 54.64, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0034 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4755, 28.6980, 6.2821)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F2A #2A48AD

analogous

#AD4E2A #AD8F2A #89AD2A

triadic

#AD8F2A #2AAD8F #8F2AAD

tetradic

#AD8F2A #2AAD4E #2A48AD #AD2A89

square

#AD8F2A #2AAD4E #2A48AD #AD2A89

split-complementary

#AD8F2A #2A89AD #4E2AAD

monochromatic

#4B3E12 #7C661E #AD8F2A #D1B143 #DDC574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AD8F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AD8F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F2A

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F2A	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)

#9F8D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af6b',
    500: '#ad8f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f2a;
$custom-light: #c9af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65997,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F2A

secondary

#6E82C5

accent

#68E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F2A

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

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