#AD9D48#AD9D48

#AD9D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.107 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D48
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -4.98, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 46.02, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0164 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.107 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4614, 33.4673, 10.9849)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D48 #4858AD

analogous

#AD6A48 #AD9D48 #8AAD48

triadic

#AD9D48 #48AD9D #9D48AD

tetradic

#AD9D48 #48AD6A #4858AD #AD488A

square

#AD9D48 #48AD6A #4858AD #AD488A

split-complementary

#AD9D48 #488AAD #6A48AD

monochromatic

#574F24 #827636 #AD9D48 #C3B66F #D5CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AD9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D48

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D48	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.107 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b97e',
    500: '#ad9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d48;
$custom-light: #c8b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6926,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D48

secondary

#8F97C1

accent

#6AD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D48

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

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