#AD9B2F#AD9B2F

#AD9B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B2F
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -5.47, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 56.14, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0207 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4694, 32.5336, 7.4161)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B2F #2F41AD

analogous

#AD5C2F #AD9B2F #80AD2F

triadic

#AD9B2F #2FAD9B #9B2FAD

tetradic

#AD9B2F #2FAD5C #2F41AD #AD2F80

square

#AD9B2F #2FAD5C #2F41AD #AD2F80

split-complementary

#AD9B2F #2F80AD #5C2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4515 #7D7022 #AD9B2F #CEBB4B #DBCD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AD9B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B2F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B2F	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86f',
    500: '#ad9b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b2f;
$custom-light: #c9b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B2F

secondary

#7480C4

accent

#5DE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B2F

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

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