#AD9A2F#AD9A2F

#AD9A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A2F
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -4.94, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 55.83, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0192 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3037, 32.2021, 7.3609)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A2F #2F42AD

analogous

#AD5B2F #AD9A2F #81AD2F

triadic

#AD9A2F #2FAD9A #9A2FAD

tetradic

#AD9A2F #2FAD5B #2F42AD #AD2F81

square

#AD9A2F #2FAD5B #2F42AD #AD2F81

split-complementary

#AD9A2F #2F81AD #5B2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4415 #7D6F22 #AD9A2F #CEBA4B #DBCD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AD9A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AD9A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A2F

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A2F	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76f',
    500: '#ad9a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a2f;
$custom-light: #c9b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68377,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A2F

secondary

#7480C4

accent

#5EE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A2F

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

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