#AD992D#AD992D

#AD992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD992D
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -4.49, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 56.28, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0182 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0999, 31.8576, 7.0985)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD992D #2D41AD

analogous

#AD592D #AD992D #81AD2D

triadic

#AD992D #2DAD99 #992DAD

tetradic

#AD992D #2DAD59 #2D41AD #AD2D81

square

#AD992D #2DAD59 #2D41AD #AD2D81

split-complementary

#AD992D #2D81AD #592DAD

monochromatic

#4C4314 #7C6E20 #AD992D #CFBA48 #DCCC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD992D

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD992D	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)

#A8951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66e',
    500: '#ad992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad992d;
$custom-light: #c9b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68147,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD992D

secondary

#727FC4

accent

#5EE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD992D

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

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