#AD9A2B#AD9A2B

#AD9A2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A2B
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -5.12, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 57.32, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0202 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2267, 32.1713, 6.9553)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A2B #2B3EAD

analogous

#AD592B #AD9A2B #7FAD2B

triadic

#AD9A2B #2BAD9A #9A2BAD

tetradic

#AD9A2B #2BAD59 #2B3EAD #AD2B7F

square

#AD9A2B #2BAD59 #2B3EAD #AD2B7F

split-complementary

#AD9A2B #2B7FAD #592BAD

monochromatic

#4B4313 #7C6E1F #AD9A2B #D1BC45 #DDCE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AD9A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AD9A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A2B

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A2B	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76d',
    500: '#ad9a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a2b;
$custom-light: #c9b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68348,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A2B

secondary

#6F7CC4

accent

#5CE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A2B

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

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