#AD9D2F#AD9D2F

#AD9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D2F
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -6.54, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 56.79, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0238 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8050, 33.2048, 7.5280)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D2F #2F3FAD

analogous

#AD5E2F #AD9D2F #7EAD2F

triadic

#AD9D2F #2FAD9D #9D2FAD

tetradic

#AD9D2F #2FAD5E #2F3FAD #AD2F7E

square

#AD9D2F #2FAD5E #2F3FAD #AD2F7E

split-complementary

#AD9D2F #2F7EAD #5E2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4615 #7D7122 #AD9D2F #CEBD4B #DBCF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AD9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D2F

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D2F	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b96f',
    500: '#ad9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d2f;
$custom-light: #c9b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69025,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D2F

secondary

#747EC4

accent

#5BE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D2F

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

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