#AD9540#AD9540

#AD9540 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.108 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9540
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -1.24, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 47.05, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0066 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.108 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9078, 30.7508, 9.2623)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9540 #4058AD

analogous

#AD5F40 #AD9540 #8FAD40

triadic

#AD9540 #40AD95 #9540AD

tetradic

#AD9540 #40AD5F #4058AD #AD408F

square

#AD9540 #40AD5F #4058AD #AD408F

split-complementary

#AD9540 #408FAD #5F40AD

monochromatic

#54481F #806F2F #AD9540 #C6B064 #D6C791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AD9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AD9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9540

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9540	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.108 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b378',
    500: '#ad9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9540;
$custom-light: #c8b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67461,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9540

secondary

#8794C2

accent

#6FD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9540

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

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