#AD992E#AD992E

#AD992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD992E
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -4.45, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 55.90, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0179 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.125 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1194, 31.8654, 7.2011)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD992E #2E42AD

analogous

#AD592E #AD992E #81AD2E

triadic

#AD992E #2EAD99 #992EAD

tetradic

#AD992E #2EAD59 #2E42AD #AD2E81

square

#AD992E #2EAD59 #2E42AD #AD2E81

split-complementary

#AD992E #2E81AD #592EAD

monochromatic

#4C4314 #7D6E21 #AD992E #CFBA49 #DCCC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD992E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD992E	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)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66e',
    500: '#ad992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad992e;
$custom-light: #c9b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68154,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD992E

secondary

#7380C4

accent

#5FE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD992E

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

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