#AD9841#AD9841

#AD9841 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9841
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -2.79, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 47.55, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.011 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.11 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4172, 31.7238, 9.5738)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9841 #4156AD

analogous

#AD6241 #AD9841 #8CAD41

triadic

#AD9841 #41AD98 #9841AD

tetradic

#AD9841 #41AD62 #4156AD #AD418C

square

#AD9841 #41AD62 #4156AD #AD418C

split-complementary

#AD9841 #418CAD #6241AD

monochromatic

#544A20 #817130 #AD9841 #C5B366 #D6C992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AD9841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AD9841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9841

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9841	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)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b679',
    500: '#ad9841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9841;
$custom-light: #c8b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6811,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9841

secondary

#8893C2

accent

#6CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9841

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

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