#AD942E#AD942E

#AD942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.121 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD942E
RGB	rgb(173, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -1.74, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 54.44, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0102 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.121 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3181, 30.2629, 6.9340)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD942E #2E47AD

analogous

#AD542E #AD942E #86AD2E

triadic

#AD942E #2EAD94 #942EAD

tetradic

#AD942E #2EAD54 #2E47AD #AD2E86

square

#AD942E #2EAD54 #2E47AD #AD2E86

split-complementary

#AD942E #2E86AD #542EAD

monochromatic

#4C4114 #7D6B21 #AD942E #CFB449 #DCC87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AD942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#AD942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD942E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD942E	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.121 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36e',
    500: '#ad942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad942e;
$custom-light: #c9b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD942E

secondary

#7383C4

accent

#65E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD942E

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

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