#AD9239#AD9239

#AD9239 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.112 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9239
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -0.05, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 49.31, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0041 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.112 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2524, 29.7390, 8.1222)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9239 #3954AD

analogous

#AD5839 #AD9239 #8EAD39

triadic

#AD9239 #39AD92 #9239AD

tetradic

#AD9239 #39AD58 #3954AD #AD398E

square

#AD9239 #39AD58 #3954AD #AD398E

split-complementary

#AD9239 #398EAD #5839AD

monochromatic

#51441B #7F6B2A #AD9239 #C9AF5A #D8C588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AD9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#AD9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9239

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9239	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.112 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b174',
    500: '#ad9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9239;
$custom-light: #c9b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66755,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9239

secondary

#808FC2

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9239

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

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