#AD9B2D#AD9B2D

#AD9B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B2D
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -5.57, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 56.90, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0212 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4300, 32.5178, 7.2085)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B2D #2D3FAD

analogous

#AD5B2D #AD9B2D #7FAD2D

triadic

#AD9B2D #2DAD9B #9B2DAD

tetradic

#AD9B2D #2DAD5B #2D3FAD #AD2D7F

square

#AD9B2D #2DAD5B #2D3FAD #AD2D7F

split-complementary

#AD9B2D #2D7FAD #5B2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4414 #7C6F20 #AD9B2D #CFBC48 #DCCE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AD9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B2D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B2D	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)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86e',
    500: '#ad9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b2d;
$custom-light: #c9b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.562,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68578,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B2D

secondary

#727DC4

accent

#5CE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B2D

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

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