#AD993D#AD993D

#AD993D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.114 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD993D
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -3.60, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 49.69, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0138 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.114 97)
XYZ	xyz(29.4684, 32.0050, 9.0394)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD993D #3D51AD

analogous

#AD613D #AD993D #89AD3D

triadic

#AD993D #3DAD99 #993DAD

tetradic

#AD993D #3DAD61 #3D51AD #AD3D89

square

#AD993D #3DAD61 #3D51AD #AD3D89

split-complementary

#AD993D #3D89AD #613DAD

monochromatic

#53491D #80712D #AD993D #C7B560 #D7CA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AD993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD993D

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD993D	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)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.114 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b677',
    500: '#ad993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad993d;
$custom-light: #c8b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68283,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.32004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD993D

secondary

#848FC2

accent

#68D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD993D

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

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