#AD9E2B#AD9E2B

#AD9E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E2B
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -7.26, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 58.58, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0262 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8979, 33.5137, 7.1790)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E2B #2B3AAD

analogous

#AD5D2B #AD9E2B #7BAD2B

triadic

#AD9E2B #2BAD9E #9E2BAD

tetradic

#AD9E2B #2BAD5D #2B3AAD #AD2B7B

square

#AD9E2B #2BAD5D #2B3AAD #AD2B7B

split-complementary

#AD9E2B #2B7BAD #5D2BAD

monochromatic

#4B4413 #7C711F #AD9E2B #D1C045 #DDD176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AD9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E2B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E2B	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6d',
    500: '#ad9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e2b;
$custom-light: #c9ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69214,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E2B

secondary

#6F79C4

accent

#57E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E2B

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

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