#AD9D2D#AD9D2D

#AD9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D2D
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -6.64, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 57.53, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0242 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.128 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7656, 33.1890, 7.3204)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D2D #2D3DAD

analogous

#AD5D2D #AD9D2D #7DAD2D

triadic

#AD9D2D #2DAD9D #9D2DAD

tetradic

#AD9D2D #2DAD5D #2D3DAD #AD2D7D

square

#AD9D2D #2DAD5D #2D3DAD #AD2D7D

split-complementary

#AD9D2D #2D7DAD #5D2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4514 #7C7120 #AD9D2D #CFBE48 #DCD078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AD9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D2D

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D2D	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)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b96e',
    500: '#ad9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d2d;
$custom-light: #c9b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6901,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D2D

secondary

#727CC4

accent

#59E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D2D

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

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