#AD9846#AD9846

#AD9846 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9846
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -2.43, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 45.22, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0093 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.105 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5685, 31.7843, 10.3707)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9846 #465BAD

analogous

#AD6446 #AD9846 #8EAD46

triadic

#AD9846 #46AD98 #9846AD

tetradic

#AD9846 #46AD64 #465BAD #AD468E

square

#AD9846 #46AD64 #465BAD #AD468E

split-complementary

#AD9846 #468EAD #6446AD

monochromatic

#564B23 #817234 #AD9846 #C4B26C #D5C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AD9846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9846

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9846	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b67c',
    500: '#ad9846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9846;
$custom-light: #c8b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68166,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9846

secondary

#8D98C1

accent

#6FD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9846

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

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