#AD9B4E#AD9B4E

#AD9B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.100 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B4E
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -3.42, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 42.41, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0112 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.1 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3312, 32.8783, 11.9547)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B4E #4E60AD

analogous

#AD6C4E #AD9B4E #90AD4E

triadic

#AD9B4E #4EAD9B #9B4EAD

tetradic

#AD9B4E #4EAD6C #4E60AD #AD4E90

square

#AD9B4E #4EAD6C #4E60AD #AD4E90

split-complementary

#AD9B4E #4E90AD #6C4EAD

monochromatic

#594F28 #83753B #AD9B4E #C2B377 #D5CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AD9B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B4E

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B4E	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.100 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b882',
    500: '#ad9b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b4e;
$custom-light: #c8b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.632,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68905,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B4E

secondary

#959EC2

accent

#70CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B4E

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

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