#AD9E2E#AD9E2E

#AD9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E2E
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -7.12, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 57.49, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0255 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9550, 33.5366, 7.4796)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E2E #2E3DAD

analogous

#AD5E2E #AD9E2E #7DAD2E

triadic

#AD9E2E #2EAD9E #9E2EAD

tetradic

#AD9E2E #2EAD5E #2E3DAD #AD2E7D

square

#AD9E2E #2EAD5E #2E3DAD #AD2E7D

split-complementary

#AD9E2E #2E7DAD #5E2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4614 #7D7221 #AD9E2E #CFBF49 #DCD07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E2E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E2E	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)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6f',
    500: '#ad9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e2e;
$custom-light: #c9ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69234,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E2E

secondary

#737DC4

accent

#59E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E2E

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

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