#AD992A#AD992A

#AD992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.127 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD992A
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -4.63, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 57.38, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0189 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.127 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0442, 31.8353, 6.8050)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD992A #2A3EAD

analogous

#AD582A #AD992A #7FAD2A

triadic

#AD992A #2AAD99 #992AAD

tetradic

#AD992A #2AAD58 #2A3EAD #AD2A7F

square

#AD992A #2AAD58 #2A3EAD #AD2A7F

split-complementary

#AD992A #2A7FAD #582AAD

monochromatic

#4B4212 #7C6D1E #AD992A #D1BC43 #DDCD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD992A

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD992A	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.127 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66c',
    500: '#ad992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad992a;
$custom-light: #c9b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68126,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD992A

secondary

#6E7BC5

accent

#5CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD992A

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

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