#AD9225#AD9225

#AD9225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.125 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9225
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -1.05, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 57.19, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0092 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.125 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8479, 29.5772, 5.9921)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9225 #2540AD

analogous

#AD4E25 #AD9225 #84AD25

triadic

#AD9225 #25AD92 #9225AD

tetradic

#AD9225 #25AD4E #2540AD #AD2584

square

#AD9225 #25AD4E #2540AD #AD2584

split-complementary

#AD9225 #2584AD #4E25AD

monochromatic

#483D0F #7B671A #AD9225 #D5B63A #E0C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AD9225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AD9225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9225

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9225	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.125 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab169',
    500: '#ad9225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9225;
$custom-light: #cab169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66598,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9225

secondary

#687AC6

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9225

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

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