#AD9231#AD9231

#AD9231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9231
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -0.50, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 52.69, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0064 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.118 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0683, 29.6654, 7.1527)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9231 #314CAD

analogous

#AD5431 #AD9231 #8AAD31

triadic

#AD9231 #31AD92 #9231AD

tetradic

#AD9231 #31AD54 #314CAD #AD318A

square

#AD9231 #31AD54 #314CAD #AD318A

split-complementary

#AD9231 #318AAD #5431AD

monochromatic

#4E4216 #7D6A23 #AD9231 #CDB14E #DAC67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AD9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#AD9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9231

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9231	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b16f',
    500: '#ad9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9231;
$custom-light: #c9b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9231

secondary

#7787C3

accent

#69DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9231

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

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