#AD993F#AD993F

#AD993F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.112 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD993F
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -3.47, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 48.79, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0132 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.112 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5233, 32.0270, 9.3284)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD993F #3F53AD

analogous

#AD623F #AD993F #8AAD3F

triadic

#AD993F #3FAD99 #993FAD

tetradic

#AD993F #3FAD62 #3F53AD #AD3F8A

square

#AD993F #3FAD62 #3F53AD #AD3F8A

split-complementary

#AD993F #3F8AAD #623FAD

monochromatic

#534A1E #80712F #AD993F #C6B463 #D7CA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD993F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AD993F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD993F

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD993F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD993F	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad993f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.112 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b678',
    500: '#ad993f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad993f;
$custom-light: #c8b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad993f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68303,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD993F

secondary

#8691C2

accent

#6AD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD993F

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

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