#AD8F2C#AD8F2C

#AD8F2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.119 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F2C
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 0.89, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 53.88, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0029 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.119 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5122, 28.7127, 6.4754)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F2C #2C4AAD

analogous

#AD4F2C #AD8F2C #8AAD2C

triadic

#AD8F2C #2CAD8F #8F2CAD

tetradic

#AD8F2C #2CAD4F #2C4AAD #AD2C8A

square

#AD8F2C #2CAD4F #2C4AAD #AD2C8A

split-complementary

#AD8F2C #2C8AAD #4F2CAD

monochromatic

#4B3E13 #7C6720 #AD8F2C #D0B046 #DCC577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AD8F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AD8F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F2C

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F2C	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#9F8D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.119 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af6c',
    500: '#ad8f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f2c;
$custom-light: #c9af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66011,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F2C

secondary

#7184C4

accent

#6AE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F2C

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

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