#AD983D#AD983D

#AD983D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD983D
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -3.06, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 49.36, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0122 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3054, 31.6791, 8.9850)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD983D #3D52AD

analogous

#AD603D #AD983D #8AAD3D

triadic

#AD983D #3DAD98 #983DAD

tetradic

#AD983D #3DAD60 #3D52AD #AD3D8A

square

#AD983D #3DAD60 #3D52AD #AD3D8A

split-complementary

#AD983D #3D8AAD #603DAD

monochromatic

#53481D #80702D #AD983D #C7B460 #D7C98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AD983D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AD983D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD983D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD983D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD983D	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b677',
    500: '#ad983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad983d;
$custom-light: #c8b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD983D

secondary

#8490C2

accent

#6AD750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD983D

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

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