#AD9E47#AD9E47

#AD9E47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E47
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -5.59, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 46.86, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0183 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5989, 33.7941, 10.8711)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E47 #4756AD

analogous

#AD6B47 #AD9E47 #89AD47

triadic

#AD9E47 #47AD9E #9E47AD

tetradic

#AD9E47 #47AD6B #4756AD #AD4789

square

#AD9E47 #47AD6B #4756AD #AD4789

split-complementary

#AD9E47 #4789AD #6B47AD

monochromatic

#564F23 #827635 #AD9E47 #C3B76E #D5CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AD9E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AD9E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E47

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E47	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)

#AC9A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba7d',
    500: '#ad9e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e47;
$custom-light: #c8ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E47

secondary

#8E96C1

accent

#68D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E47

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

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