#AD972E#AD972E

#AD972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.123 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD972E
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -3.37, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 55.30, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0149 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.123 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7948, 31.2162, 7.0929)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD972E #2E44AD

analogous

#AD572E #AD972E #84AD2E

triadic

#AD972E #2EAD97 #972EAD

tetradic

#AD972E #2EAD57 #2E44AD #AD2E84

square

#AD972E #2EAD57 #2E44AD #AD2E84

split-complementary

#AD972E #2E84AD #572EAD

monochromatic

#4C4314 #7D6D21 #AD972E #CFB849 #DCCB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AD972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AD972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD972E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD972E	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.123 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56e',
    500: '#ad972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad972e;
$custom-light: #c9b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67725,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD972E

secondary

#7381C4

accent

#61E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD972E

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

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