#AD992F#AD992F

#AD992F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD992F
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -4.40, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 55.52, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0177 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1393, 31.8734, 7.3061)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD992F #2F43AD

analogous

#AD5A2F #AD992F #82AD2F

triadic

#AD992F #2FAD99 #992FAD

tetradic

#AD992F #2FAD5A #2F43AD #AD2F82

square

#AD992F #2FAD5A #2F43AD #AD2F82

split-complementary

#AD992F #2F82AD #5A2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4415 #7D6E22 #AD992F #CEB94B #DBCC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD992F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD992F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD992F

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD992F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD992F	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)

#A8951E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad992f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66f',
    500: '#ad992f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad992f;
$custom-light: #c9b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad992f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD992F

secondary

#7481C4

accent

#60E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD992F

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

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