#AD9229#AD9229

#AD9229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.123 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9229
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -0.88, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 55.78, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0083 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.123 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9142, 29.6037, 6.3412)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9229 #2944AD

analogous

#AD5029 #AD9229 #86AD29

triadic

#AD9229 #29AD92 #9229AD

tetradic

#AD9229 #29AD50 #2944AD #AD2986

square

#AD9229 #29AD50 #2944AD #AD2986

split-complementary

#AD9229 #2986AD #5029AD

monochromatic

#4A3E12 #7C681D #AD9229 #D2B441 #DEC873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AD9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AD9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9229

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9229	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#A28F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.123 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b16b',
    500: '#ad9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9229;
$custom-light: #c9b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66624,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9229

secondary

#6D7FC5

accent

#64E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9229

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

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