#AD9E46#AD9E46

#AD9E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E46
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -5.66, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 47.33, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0186 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5671, 33.7814, 10.7035)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E46 #4655AD

analogous

#AD6A46 #AD9E46 #89AD46

triadic

#AD9E46 #46AD9E #9E46AD

tetradic

#AD9E46 #46AD6A #4655AD #AD4689

square

#AD9E46 #46AD6A #4655AD #AD4689

split-complementary

#AD9E46 #4689AD #6A46AD

monochromatic

#564E23 #817634 #AD9E46 #C4B76C #D5CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AD9E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AD9E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E46

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E46	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba7d',
    500: '#ad9e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e46;
$custom-light: #c8ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E46

secondary

#8D95C1

accent

#68D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E46

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

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