#AD9440#AD9440

#AD9440 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9440
RGB	rgb(173, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -0.69, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 46.74, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.005 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.107 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7502, 30.4357, 9.2098)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9440 #4059AD

analogous

#AD5E40 #AD9440 #90AD40

triadic

#AD9440 #40AD94 #9440AD

tetradic

#AD9440 #40AD5E #4059AD #AD4090

square

#AD9440 #40AD5E #4059AD #AD4090

split-complementary

#AD9440 #4090AD #5E40AD

monochromatic

#54481F #806E2F #AD9440 #C6AF64 #D6C691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AD9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#AD9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9440

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9440	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b378',
    500: '#ad9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9440;
$custom-light: #c8b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67249,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9440

secondary

#8795C2

accent

#70D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9440

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

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