#AD9844#AD9844

#AD9844 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9844
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -2.58, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 46.16, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.01 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.107 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5064, 31.7595, 10.0437)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9844 #4459AD

analogous

#AD6444 #AD9844 #8EAD44

triadic

#AD9844 #44AD98 #9844AD

tetradic

#AD9844 #44AD64 #4459AD #AD448E

square

#AD9844 #44AD64 #4459AD #AD448E

split-complementary

#AD9844 #448EAD #6444AD

monochromatic

#554B21 #817133 #AD9844 #C4B26A #D6C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AD9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AD9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9844

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9844	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b67b',
    500: '#ad9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9844;
$custom-light: #c8b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68143,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9844

secondary

#8B96C1

accent

#6ED354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9844

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

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