#AD962B#AD962B

#AD962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.124 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD962B
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -2.97, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 56.14, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0141 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.124 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5774, 30.8729, 6.7388)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD962B #2B42AD

analogous

#AD552B #AD962B #83AD2B

triadic

#AD962B #2BAD96 #962BAD

tetradic

#AD962B #2BAD55 #2B42AD #AD2B83

square

#AD962B #2BAD55 #2B42AD #AD2B83

split-complementary

#AD962B #2B83AD #552BAD

monochromatic

#4B4113 #7C6C1F #AD962B #D1B845 #DDCB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AD962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AD962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD962B

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD962B	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)

#A69318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.124 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46c',
    500: '#ad962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad962b;
$custom-light: #c9b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6749,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD962B

secondary

#6F7EC4

accent

#61E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD962B

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

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