#AD993E#AD993E

#AD993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.113 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD993E
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -3.54, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 49.24, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0135 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.113 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4956, 32.0159, 9.1825)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD993E #3E52AD

analogous

#AD613E #AD993E #89AD3E

triadic

#AD993E #3EAD99 #993EAD

tetradic

#AD993E #3EAD61 #3E52AD #AD3E89

square

#AD993E #3EAD61 #3E52AD #AD3E89

split-complementary

#AD993E #3E89AD #613EAD

monochromatic

#53491E #80712E #AD993E #C7B462 #D7CA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AD993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD993E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD993E	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)

#A89634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.113 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b677',
    500: '#ad993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad993e;
$custom-light: #c8b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68293,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD993E

secondary

#8590C2

accent

#69D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD993E

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

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