#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
RGBrgb(173, 153, 68)
HSLhsl(49, 44%, 47%)
HSVhsv(49, 61%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.41, -3.12, 46.39)
CIE-LCHlch(63.41, 46.50, 93.85°)
OKLaboklab(68.36% -0.0116 0.1071)
OKLCHoklch(68.36% 0.108 96.2)
XYZxyz(29.6694, 32.0854, 10.0980)
Luminance0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##AD99441.002.837.427.42
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4221.001.001.00
##0000007.4221.001.001.00

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

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#AD9944 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva