#AD9138#AD9138

#AD9138 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.112 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9138
RGB	rgb(173, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 0.43, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 49.46, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0028 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.112 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0742, 29.4222, 7.9409)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9138 #3854AD

analogous

#AD5638 #AD9138 #8FAD38

triadic

#AD9138 #38AD91 #9138AD

tetradic

#AD9138 #38AD56 #3854AD #AD388F

square

#AD9138 #38AD56 #3854AD #AD388F

split-complementary

#AD9138 #388FAD #5638AD

monochromatic

#51431A #7F6A29 #AD9138 #C9AE59 #D8C587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AD9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AD9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9138

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9138	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.112 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b073',
    500: '#ad9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9138;
$custom-light: #c9b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66534,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9138

secondary

#7F8FC2

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9138

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

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