#AD9D44#AD9D44

#AD9D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D44
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -5.27, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 47.89, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0177 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3351, 33.4168, 10.3199)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D44 #4454AD

analogous

#AD6944 #AD9D44 #89AD44

triadic

#AD9D44 #44AD9D #9D44AD

tetradic

#AD9D44 #44AD69 #4454AD #AD4489

square

#AD9D44 #44AD69 #4454AD #AD4489

split-complementary

#AD9D44 #4489AD #6944AD

monochromatic

#554D21 #817533 #AD9D44 #C4B76A #D6CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AD9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D44

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D44	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)

#AB993A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b97b',
    500: '#ad9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d44;
$custom-light: #c8b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69215,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D44

secondary

#8B94C1

accent

#68D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D44

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

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