#AD982A#AD982A

#AD982A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD982A
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -4.09, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 57.08, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0174 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8812, 31.5094, 6.7507)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD982A #2A3FAD

analogous

#AD572A #AD982A #80AD2A

triadic

#AD982A #2AAD98 #982AAD

tetradic

#AD982A #2AAD57 #2A3FAD #AD2A80

square

#AD982A #2AAD57 #2A3FAD #AD2A80

split-complementary

#AD982A #2A80AD #572AAD

monochromatic

#4B4112 #7C6D1E #AD982A #D1BA43 #DDCC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AD982A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AD982A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD982A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD982A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD982A	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad982a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56c',
    500: '#ad982a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad982a;
$custom-light: #c9b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad982a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67911,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD982A

secondary

#6E7CC5

accent

#5DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD982A

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

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