#AD9944#AD9944

#AD9944 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.108 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9944
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -3.12, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 46.50, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0116 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.108 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6694, 32.0854, 10.0980)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9944 #4458AD

analogous

#AD6444 #AD9944 #8DAD44

triadic

#AD9944 #44AD99 #9944AD

tetradic

#AD9944 #44AD64 #4458AD #AD448D

square

#AD9944 #44AD64 #4458AD #AD448D

split-complementary

#AD9944 #448DAD #6444AD

monochromatic

#554B21 #817233 #AD9944 #C4B36A #D6C996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AD9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9944

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9944	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.108 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b67b',
    500: '#ad9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9944;
$custom-light: #c8b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68356,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9944

secondary

#8B96C1

accent

#6DD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9944

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

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