#AD992B#AD992B

#AD992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD992B
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -4.59, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 57.02, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0186 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0623, 31.8426, 6.9005)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD992B #2B3FAD

analogous

#AD582B #AD992B #80AD2B

triadic

#AD992B #2BAD99 #992BAD

tetradic

#AD992B #2BAD58 #2B3FAD #AD2B80

square

#AD992B #2BAD58 #2B3FAD #AD2B80

split-complementary

#AD992B #2B80AD #582BAD

monochromatic

#4B4213 #7C6E1F #AD992B #D1BB45 #DDCD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD992B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD992B	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)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66d',
    500: '#ad992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad992b;
$custom-light: #c9b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68133,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD992B

secondary

#6F7CC4

accent

#5DE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD992B

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

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