#AD9946#AD9946

#AD9946 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.106 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9946
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -2.97, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 45.56, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0109 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.106 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7315, 32.1103, 10.4250)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9946 #465AAD

analogous

#AD6646 #AD9946 #8DAD46

triadic

#AD9946 #46AD99 #9946AD

tetradic

#AD9946 #46AD66 #465AAD #AD468D

square

#AD9946 #46AD66 #465AAD #AD468D

split-complementary

#AD9946 #468DAD #6646AD

monochromatic

#564C23 #817234 #AD9946 #C4B36C #D5C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AD9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9946

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9946	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)

#A7963E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.106 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b67c',
    500: '#ad9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9946;
$custom-light: #c8b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68379,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9946

secondary

#8D98C1

accent

#6ED256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9946

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

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