#AD9F2C#AD9F2C

#AD9F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F2C
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -7.75, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 58.54, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0275 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0877, 33.8637, 7.3339)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F2C #2C3AAD

analogous

#AD5E2C #AD9F2C #7BAD2C

triadic

#AD9F2C #2CAD9F #9F2CAD

tetradic

#AD9F2C #2CAD5E #2C3AAD #AD2C7B

square

#AD9F2C #2CAD5E #2C3AAD #AD2C7B

split-complementary

#AD9F2C #2C7BAD #5E2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4513 #7C7220 #AD9F2C #D0C146 #DCD177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F2C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F2C	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)

#AE9A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6e',
    500: '#ad9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f2c;
$custom-light: #c9bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F2C

secondary

#717AC4

accent

#56E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F2C

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

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