#AD9E2C#AD9E2C

#AD9E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E2C
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -7.21, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 58.22, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.026 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9164, 33.5212, 7.2768)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E2C #2C3BAD

analogous

#AD5D2C #AD9E2C #7CAD2C

triadic

#AD9E2C #2CAD9E #9E2CAD

tetradic

#AD9E2C #2CAD5D #2C3BAD #AD2C7C

square

#AD9E2C #2CAD5D #2C3BAD #AD2C7C

split-complementary

#AD9E2C #2C7CAD #5D2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4513 #7C7120 #AD9E2C #D0C046 #DCD177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AD9E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E2C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6e',
    500: '#ad9e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e2c;
$custom-light: #c9ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69221,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E2C

secondary

#717AC4

accent

#57E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E2C

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

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