#AD9F2A#AD9F2A

#AD9F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F2A
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -7.83, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 59.25, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0279 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0510, 33.8490, 7.1406)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F2A #2A38AD

analogous

#AD5E2A #AD9F2A #79AD2A

triadic

#AD9F2A #2AAD9F #9F2AAD

tetradic

#AD9F2A #2AAD5E #2A38AD #AD2A79

square

#AD9F2A #2AAD5E #2A38AD #AD2A79

split-complementary

#AD9F2A #2A79AD #5E2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4412 #7C721E #AD9F2A #D1C243 #DDD274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD9F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F2A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F2A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6d',
    500: '#ad9f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f2a;
$custom-light: #c9bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69425,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F2A

secondary

#6E77C5

accent

#55E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F2A

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

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