#AD982C#AD982C

#AD982C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD982C
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -4.00, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 56.35, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0169 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9179, 31.5240, 6.9439)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD982C #2C41AD

analogous

#AD582C #AD982C #81AD2C

triadic

#AD982C #2CAD98 #982CAD

tetradic

#AD982C #2CAD58 #2C41AD #AD2C81

square

#AD982C #2CAD58 #2C41AD #AD2C81

split-complementary

#AD982C #2C81AD #582CAD

monochromatic

#4B4213 #7C6D20 #AD982C #D0BA46 #DCCC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD982C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AD982C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD982C

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD982C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD982C	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#A79419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad982c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66d',
    500: '#ad982c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad982c;
$custom-light: #c9b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad982c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67925,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD982C

secondary

#717EC4

accent

#5FE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD982C

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

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