#AD9C2D#AD9C2D

#AD9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; 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	#AD9C2D
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -6.10, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 57.21, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5971, 32.8520, 7.2642)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C2D #2D3EAD

analogous

#AD5C2D #AD9C2D #7EAD2D

triadic

#AD9C2D #2DAD9C #9C2DAD

tetradic

#AD9C2D #2DAD5C #2D3EAD #AD2D7E

square

#AD9C2D #2DAD5C #2D3EAD #AD2D7E

split-complementary

#AD9C2D #2D7EAD #5C2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4414 #7C7020 #AD9C2D #CFBD48 #DCCF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AD9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C2D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C2D	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)

#AB9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86e',
    500: '#ad9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c2d;
$custom-light: #c9b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68794,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C2D

secondary

#727DC4

accent

#5BE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C2D

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

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