#AD9840#AD9840

#AD9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9840
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -2.86, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 48.01, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0113 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.11 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3885, 31.7123, 9.4226)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9840 #4055AD

analogous

#AD6140 #AD9840 #8CAD40

triadic

#AD9840 #40AD98 #9840AD

tetradic

#AD9840 #40AD61 #4055AD #AD408C

square

#AD9840 #40AD61 #4055AD #AD408C

split-complementary

#AD9840 #408CAD #6140AD

monochromatic

#54491F #80712F #AD9840 #C6B364 #D6C991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AD9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AD9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9840

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9840	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)

#A69536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b678',
    500: '#ad9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9840;
$custom-light: #c8b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68099,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9840

secondary

#8792C2

accent

#6BD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9840

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

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