#AD9945#AD9945

#AD9945 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9945
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -3.05, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 46.03, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0112 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.107 96)
XYZ	xyz(29.7002, 32.0977, 10.2601)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9945 #4559AD

analogous

#AD6545 #AD9945 #8DAD45

triadic

#AD9945 #45AD99 #9945AD

tetradic

#AD9945 #45AD65 #4559AD #AD458D

square

#AD9945 #45AD65 #4559AD #AD458D

split-complementary

#AD9945 #458DAD #6545AD

monochromatic

#554C22 #817234 #AD9945 #C4B36B #D5C997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD9945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AD9945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9945

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9945	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)

#A7963C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b67c',
    500: '#ad9945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9945;
$custom-light: #c8b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68368,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.32096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9945

secondary

#8C97C1

accent

#6DD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9945

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

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