#AD962D#AD962D

#AD962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.123 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD962D
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -2.88, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 55.39, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0136 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.123 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6150, 30.8879, 6.9369)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD962D #2D44AD

analogous

#AD562D #AD962D #84AD2D

triadic

#AD962D #2DAD96 #962DAD

tetradic

#AD962D #2DAD56 #2D44AD #AD2D84

square

#AD962D #2DAD56 #2D44AD #AD2D84

split-complementary

#AD962D #2D84AD #562DAD

monochromatic

#4C4214 #7C6C20 #AD962D #CFB748 #DCCA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AD962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AD962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD962D

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD962D	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.123 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46d',
    500: '#ad962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad962d;
$custom-light: #c9b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67504,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD962D

secondary

#7281C4

accent

#62E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD962D

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

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