#AD9C2C#AD9C2C

#AD9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C2C
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -6.15, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 57.58, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.023 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5781, 32.8444, 7.1640)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C2C #2C3DAD

analogous

#AD5B2C #AD9C2C #7DAD2C

triadic

#AD9C2C #2CAD9C #9C2CAD

tetradic

#AD9C2C #2CAD5B #2C3DAD #AD2C7D

square

#AD9C2C #2CAD5B #2C3DAD #AD2C7D

split-complementary

#AD9C2C #2C7DAD #5B2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4413 #7C7020 #AD9C2C #D0BE46 #DCCF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AD9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C2C

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C2C	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#AB9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86d',
    500: '#ad9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c2c;
$custom-light: #c9b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C2C

secondary

#717CC4

accent

#5AE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C2C

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

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