#AD9D2C#AD9D2C

#AD9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D2C
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -6.68, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 57.90, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0245 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7466, 33.1814, 7.2202)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D2C #2C3CAD

analogous

#AD5C2C #AD9D2C #7DAD2C

triadic

#AD9D2C #2CAD9D #9D2CAD

tetradic

#AD9D2C #2CAD5C #2C3CAD #AD2C7D

square

#AD9D2C #2CAD5C #2C3CAD #AD2C7D

split-complementary

#AD9D2C #2C7DAD #5C2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4413 #7C7120 #AD9D2C #D0BF46 #DCD077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AD9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D2C

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D2C	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b96e',
    500: '#ad9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d2c;
$custom-light: #c9b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D2C

secondary

#717BC4

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D2C

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

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