#AD9741#AD9741

#AD9741 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.109 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9741
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -2.25, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 47.22, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0094 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.109 95)
XYZ	xyz(29.2556, 31.4005, 9.5199)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9741 #4157AD

analogous

#AD6141 #AD9741 #8DAD41

triadic

#AD9741 #41AD97 #9741AD

tetradic

#AD9741 #41AD61 #4157AD #AD418D

square

#AD9741 #41AD61 #4157AD #AD418D

split-complementary

#AD9741 #418DAD #6141AD

monochromatic

#544920 #817030 #AD9741 #C5B266 #D6C892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AD9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AD9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9741

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9741	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.109 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b579',
    500: '#ad9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9741;
$custom-light: #c8b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67897,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.31399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9741

secondary

#8894C2

accent

#6DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9741

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

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