#AD8F2E#AD8F2E

#AD8F2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.118 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F2E
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 0.99, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 53.10, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.0024 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.118 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5507, 28.7281, 6.6782)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F2E #2E4CAD

analogous

#AD502E #AD8F2E #8BAD2E

triadic

#AD8F2E #2EAD8F #8F2EAD

tetradic

#AD8F2E #2EAD50 #2E4CAD #AD2E8B

square

#AD8F2E #2EAD50 #2E4CAD #AD2E8B

split-complementary

#AD8F2E #2E8BAD #502EAD

monochromatic

#4C3F14 #7D6721 #AD8F2E #CFAF49 #DCC47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AD8F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AD8F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F2E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F2E	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.118 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af6d',
    500: '#ad8f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f2e;
$custom-light: #c9af6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66027,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F2E

secondary

#7386C4

accent

#6BE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F2E

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

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