#AD8F2B#AD8F2B

#AD8F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.120 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F2B
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 0.84, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 54.27, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0032 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.12 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4936, 28.7052, 6.3776)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F2B #2B49AD

analogous

#AD4E2B #AD8F2B #8AAD2B

triadic

#AD8F2B #2BAD8F #8F2BAD

tetradic

#AD8F2B #2BAD4E #2B49AD #AD2B8A

square

#AD8F2B #2BAD4E #2B49AD #AD2B8A

split-complementary

#AD8F2B #2B8AAD #4E2BAD

monochromatic

#4B3E13 #7C661F #AD8F2B #D1B045 #DDC576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AD8F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AD8F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F2B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F2B	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)

#9F8D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.120 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af6c',
    500: '#ad8f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f2b;
$custom-light: #c9af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66004,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F2B

secondary

#6F83C4

accent

#69E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F2B

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

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