#AD9C2A#AD9C2A

#AD9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C2A
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -6.24, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 58.30, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0234 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5414, 32.8297, 6.9708)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C2A #2A3BAD

analogous

#AD5B2A #AD9C2A #7CAD2A

triadic

#AD9C2A #2AAD9C #9C2AAD

tetradic

#AD9C2A #2AAD5B #2A3BAD #AD2A7C

square

#AD9C2A #2AAD5B #2A3BAD #AD2A7C

split-complementary

#AD9C2A #2A7CAD #5B2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4312 #7C701E #AD9C2A #D1BF43 #DDD074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AD9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AD9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C2A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C2A	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86c',
    500: '#ad9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c2a;
$custom-light: #c9b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68774,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C2A

secondary

#6E79C5

accent

#59E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C2A

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

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