#AD9B2C#AD9B2C

#AD9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B2C
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -5.61, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 57.27, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0215 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4110, 32.5102, 7.1083)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B2C #2C3EAD

analogous

#AD5B2C #AD9B2C #7EAD2C

triadic

#AD9B2C #2CAD9B #9B2CAD

tetradic

#AD9B2C #2CAD5B #2C3EAD #AD2C7E

square

#AD9B2C #2CAD5B #2C3EAD #AD2C7E

split-complementary

#AD9B2C #2C7EAD #5B2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4413 #7C6F20 #AD9B2C #D0BD46 #DCCE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AD9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B2C

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B2C	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)

#AA9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86d',
    500: '#ad9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b2c;
$custom-light: #c9b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68571,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B2C

secondary

#717CC4

accent

#5BE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B2C

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

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