#AD9E44#AD9E44

#AD9E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E44
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -5.81, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 48.25, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0193 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5050, 33.7566, 10.3766)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E44 #4453AD

analogous

#AD6A44 #AD9E44 #87AD44

triadic

#AD9E44 #44AD9E #9E44AD

tetradic

#AD9E44 #44AD6A #4453AD #AD4487

square

#AD9E44 #44AD6A #4453AD #AD4487

split-complementary

#AD9E44 #4487AD #6A44AD

monochromatic

#554E21 #817633 #AD9E44 #C4B76A #D6CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AD9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AD9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E44

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E44	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba7b',
    500: '#ad9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e44;
$custom-light: #c8ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E44

secondary

#8B93C1

accent

#67D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E44

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

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