#AD962E#AD962E

#AD962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.122 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD962E
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -2.83, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 55.01, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0133 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.122 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6345, 30.8957, 7.0395)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD962E #2E45AD

analogous

#AD562E #AD962E #84AD2E

triadic

#AD962E #2EAD96 #962EAD

tetradic

#AD962E #2EAD56 #2E45AD #AD2E84

square

#AD962E #2EAD56 #2E45AD #AD2E84

split-complementary

#AD962E #2E84AD #562EAD

monochromatic

#4C4214 #7D6C21 #AD962E #CFB749 #DCCA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AD962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AD962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD962E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD962E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.122 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46e',
    500: '#ad962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad962e;
$custom-light: #c9b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67511,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD962E

secondary

#7382C4

accent

#63E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD962E

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

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