#AD9C2F#AD9C2F

#AD9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.126 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C2F
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -6.01, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 56.46, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0223 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.126 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6365, 32.8678, 7.4718)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C2F #2F40AD

analogous

#AD5D2F #AD9C2F #7FAD2F

triadic

#AD9C2F #2FAD9C #9C2FAD

tetradic

#AD9C2F #2FAD5D #2F40AD #AD2F7F

square

#AD9C2F #2FAD5D #2F40AD #AD2F7F

split-complementary

#AD9C2F #2F7FAD #5D2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4515 #7D7122 #AD9C2F #CEBC4B #DBCE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AD9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C2F

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C2F	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)

#AB981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.126 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86f',
    500: '#ad9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c2f;
$custom-light: #c9b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68808,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C2F

secondary

#747FC4

accent

#5CE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C2F

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

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