#AD9D4E#AD9D4E

#AD9D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.102 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D4E
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -4.49, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 43.14, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0143 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.102 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6668, 33.5495, 12.0666)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D4E #4E5EAD

analogous

#AD6E4E #AD9D4E #8EAD4E

triadic

#AD9D4E #4EAD9D #9D4EAD

tetradic

#AD9D4E #4EAD6E #4E5EAD #AD4E8E

square

#AD9D4E #4EAD6E #4E5EAD #AD4E8E

split-complementary

#AD9D4E #4E8EAD #6E4EAD

monochromatic

#595028 #83773B #AD9D4E #C2B577 #D5CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D4E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D4E	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.102 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b982',
    500: '#ad9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d4e;
$custom-light: #c8b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D4E

secondary

#959DC2

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D4E

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

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