#AD8F2D#AD8F2D

#AD8F2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.118 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F2D
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 0.94, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 53.50, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0027 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.118 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5312, 28.7203, 6.5756)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F2D #2D4BAD

analogous

#AD4F2D #AD8F2D #8BAD2D

triadic

#AD8F2D #2DAD8F #8F2DAD

tetradic

#AD8F2D #2DAD4F #2D4BAD #AD2D8B

square

#AD8F2D #2DAD4F #2D4BAD #AD2D8B

split-complementary

#AD8F2D #2D8BAD #4F2DAD

monochromatic

#4C3F14 #7C6720 #AD8F2D #CFB048 #DCC578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AD8F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AD8F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F2D

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F2D	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)

#9F8D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.118 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af6d',
    500: '#ad8f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f2d;
$custom-light: #c9af6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66019,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F2D

secondary

#7285C4

accent

#6AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F2D

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

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