#AD9228#AD9228

#AD9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.123 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9228
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -0.93, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 56.14, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0086 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.123 94)
XYZ	xyz(27.8970, 29.5968, 6.2505)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9228 #2843AD

analogous

#AD5028 #AD9228 #85AD28

triadic

#AD9228 #28AD92 #9228AD

tetradic

#AD9228 #28AD50 #2843AD #AD2885

square

#AD9228 #28AD50 #2843AD #AD2885

split-complementary

#AD9228 #2885AD #5028AD

monochromatic

#4A3E11 #7B681D #AD9228 #D3B53F #DEC871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AD9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AD9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9228

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9228	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)

#A28F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.123 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b16a',
    500: '#ad9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9228;
$custom-light: #c9b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66617,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.29595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9228

secondary

#6C7EC5

accent

#63E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9228

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

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