#AD9D2E#AD9D2E

#AD9D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D2E
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -6.59, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 57.16, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.024 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7851, 33.1968, 7.4230)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D2E #2E3EAD

analogous

#AD5D2E #AD9D2E #7DAD2E

triadic

#AD9D2E #2EAD9D #9D2EAD

tetradic

#AD9D2E #2EAD5D #2E3EAD #AD2E7D

square

#AD9D2E #2EAD5D #2E3EAD #AD2E7D

split-complementary

#AD9D2E #2E7DAD #5D2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4514 #7D7121 #AD9D2E #CFBE49 #DCCF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AD9D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D2E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b96f',
    500: '#ad9d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d2e;
$custom-light: #c9b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69017,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D2E

secondary

#737DC4

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D2E

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

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