#AD9E2D#AD9E2D

#AD9E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E2D
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -7.17, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 57.85, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0258 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9355, 33.5288, 7.3770)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E2D #2D3CAD

analogous

#AD5E2D #AD9E2D #7CAD2D

triadic

#AD9E2D #2DAD9E #9E2DAD

tetradic

#AD9E2D #2DAD5E #2D3CAD #AD2D7C

square

#AD9E2D #2DAD5E #2D3CAD #AD2D7C

split-complementary

#AD9E2D #2D7CAD #5E2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4514 #7C7220 #AD9E2D #CFBF48 #DCD078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E2D

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E2D	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6e',
    500: '#ad9e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e2d;
$custom-light: #c9ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69227,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E2D

secondary

#727BC4

accent

#58E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E2D

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

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