#AD9B2A#AD9B2A

#AD9B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B2A
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -5.70, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 57.99, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0219 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3743, 32.4955, 6.9151)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B2A #2A3CAD

analogous

#AD5A2A #AD9B2A #7DAD2A

triadic

#AD9B2A #2AAD9B #9B2AAD

tetradic

#AD9B2A #2AAD5A #2A3CAD #AD2A7D

square

#AD9B2A #2AAD5A #2A3CAD #AD2A7D

split-complementary

#AD9B2A #2A7DAD #5A2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4312 #7C6F1E #AD9B2A #D1BE43 #DDCF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AD9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B2A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B2A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86c',
    500: '#ad9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b2a;
$custom-light: #c9b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68558,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B2A

secondary

#6E7AC5

accent

#5AE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B2A

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

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