#AD993A#AD993A

#AD993A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD993A
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -3.79, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 51.01, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0147 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.116 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3899, 31.9736, 8.6256)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD993A #3A4EAD

analogous

#AD5F3A #AD993A #88AD3A

triadic

#AD993A #3AAD99 #993AAD

tetradic

#AD993A #3AAD5F #3A4EAD #AD3A88

square

#AD993A #3AAD5F #3A4EAD #AD3A88

split-complementary

#AD993A #3A88AD #5F3AAD

monochromatic

#51481B #7F702B #AD993A #C8B55C #D8CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AD993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD993A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD993A	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b675',
    500: '#ad993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad993a;
$custom-light: #c9b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68254,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD993A

secondary

#818CC2

accent

#67D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD993A

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

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