#AD9E2F#AD9E2F

#AD9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E2F
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -7.07, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 57.11, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0253 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9749, 33.5445, 7.5846)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E2F #2F3EAD

analogous

#AD5F2F #AD9E2F #7DAD2F

triadic

#AD9E2F #2FAD9E #9E2FAD

tetradic

#AD9E2F #2FAD5F #2F3EAD #AD2F7D

square

#AD9E2F #2FAD5F #2F3EAD #AD2F7D

split-complementary

#AD9E2F #2F7DAD #5F2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4615 #7D7222 #AD9E2F #CEBF4B #DBD07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E2F

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E2F	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)

#AD991C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6f',
    500: '#ad9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e2f;
$custom-light: #c9ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69241,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E2F

secondary

#747EC4

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E2F

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

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