#AD962A#AD962A

#AD962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD962A
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -3.01, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 56.51, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0143 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5593, 30.8656, 6.6434)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD962A #2A41AD

analogous

#AD552A #AD962A #82AD2A

triadic

#AD962A #2AAD96 #962AAD

tetradic

#AD962A #2AAD55 #2A41AD #AD2A82

square

#AD962A #2AAD55 #2A41AD #AD2A82

split-complementary

#AD962A #2A82AD #552AAD

monochromatic

#4B4112 #7C6B1E #AD962A #D1B843 #DDCB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AD962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AD962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD962A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD962A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46c',
    500: '#ad962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad962a;
$custom-light: #c9b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67483,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD962A

secondary

#6E7DC5

accent

#60E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD962A

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

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