#AD9B2E#AD9B2E

#AD9B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B2E
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -5.52, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 56.52, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.021 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4495, 32.5256, 7.3111)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B2E #2E40AD

analogous

#AD5B2E #AD9B2E #7FAD2E

triadic

#AD9B2E #2EAD9B #9B2EAD

tetradic

#AD9B2E #2EAD5B #2E40AD #AD2E7F

square

#AD9B2E #2EAD5B #2E40AD #AD2E7F

split-complementary

#AD9B2E #2E7FAD #5B2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4414 #7D7021 #AD9B2E #CFBC49 #DCCE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AD9B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B2E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B2E	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)

#AA971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86e',
    500: '#ad9b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b2e;
$custom-light: #c9b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68585,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B2E

secondary

#737EC4

accent

#5CE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B2E

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

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