#AD9541#AD9541

#AD9541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9541
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -1.17, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 46.59, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0063 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.107 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9365, 30.7623, 9.4135)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9541 #4159AD

analogous

#AD5F41 #AD9541 #8FAD41

triadic

#AD9541 #41AD95 #9541AD

tetradic

#AD9541 #41AD5F #4159AD #AD418F

square

#AD9541 #41AD5F #4159AD #AD418F

split-complementary

#AD9541 #418FAD #5F41AD

monochromatic

#544820 #816F30 #AD9541 #C5B066 #D6C792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AD9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AD9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9541

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9541	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)

#A49238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b379',
    500: '#ad9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9541;
$custom-light: #c8b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67472,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9541

secondary

#8895C2

accent

#70D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9541

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

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