#AD9D2A#AD9D2A

#AD9D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D2A
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -6.77, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 58.61, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0249 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(29.7099, 33.1667, 7.0269)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D2A #2A3AAD

analogous

#AD5C2A #AD9D2A #7BAD2A

triadic

#AD9D2A #2AAD9D #9D2AAD

tetradic

#AD9D2A #2AAD5C #2A3AAD #AD2A7B

square

#AD9D2A #2AAD5C #2A3AAD #AD2A7B

split-complementary

#AD9D2A #2A7BAD #5C2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4412 #7C701E #AD9D2A #D1C043 #DDD074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AD9D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D2A

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D2A	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b96d',
    500: '#ad9d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d2a;
$custom-light: #c9b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6899,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.33165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D2A

secondary

#6E79C5

accent

#57E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D2A

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

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