#AD962F#AD962F

#AD962F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.122 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD962F
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -2.78, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 54.62, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0131 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.122 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6545, 30.9037, 7.1445)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD962F #2F46AD

analogous

#AD572F #AD962F #85AD2F

triadic

#AD962F #2FAD96 #962FAD

tetradic

#AD962F #2FAD57 #2F46AD #AD2F85

square

#AD962F #2FAD57 #2F46AD #AD2F85

split-complementary

#AD962F #2F85AD #572FAD

monochromatic

#4D4315 #7D6C22 #AD962F #CEB64B #DBCA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AD962F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AD962F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD962F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD962F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD962F	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad962f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.122 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46e',
    500: '#ad962f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad962f;
$custom-light: #c9b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad962f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD962F

secondary

#7483C4

accent

#63E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD962F

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

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