#AD9D43#AD9D43

#AD9D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D43
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -5.35, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 48.35, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0181 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3049, 33.4047, 10.1606)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D43 #4353AD

analogous

#AD6843 #AD9D43 #88AD43

triadic

#AD9D43 #43AD9D #9D43AD

tetradic

#AD9D43 #43AD68 #4353AD #AD4388

square

#AD9D43 #43AD68 #4353AD #AD4388

split-complementary

#AD9D43 #4388AD #6843AD

monochromatic

#554D21 #817532 #AD9D43 #C5B768 #D6CC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AD9D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D43

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D43	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b97b',
    500: '#ad9d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d43;
$custom-light: #c8b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69204,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D43

secondary

#8A93C1

accent

#67D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D43

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

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