#AD993C#AD993C

#AD993C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.114 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD993C
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -3.67, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 50.13, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0141 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.114 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4417, 31.9944, 8.8988)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD993C #3C50AD

analogous

#AD613C #AD993C #88AD3C

triadic

#AD993C #3CAD99 #993CAD

tetradic

#AD993C #3CAD61 #3C50AD #AD3C88

square

#AD993C #3CAD61 #3C50AD #AD3C88

split-complementary

#AD993C #3C88AD #613CAD

monochromatic

#52491C #80712C #AD993C #C7B55F #D7CA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AD993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD993C

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD993C	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.114 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b676',
    500: '#ad993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad993c;
$custom-light: #c8b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68273,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD993C

secondary

#838EC2

accent

#68D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD993C

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

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