#AD992C#AD992C

#AD992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD992C
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -4.54, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 56.65, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0184 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.126 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0809, 31.8500, 6.9983)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD992C #2C40AD

analogous

#AD592C #AD992C #80AD2C

triadic

#AD992C #2CAD99 #992CAD

tetradic

#AD992C #2CAD59 #2C40AD #AD2C80

square

#AD992C #2CAD59 #2C40AD #AD2C80

split-complementary

#AD992C #2C80AD #592CAD

monochromatic

#4B4313 #7C6E20 #AD992C #D0BB46 #DCCD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD992C

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD992C	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)

#A89519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66d',
    500: '#ad992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad992c;
$custom-light: #c9b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD992C

secondary

#717EC4

accent

#5EE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD992C

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

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