#AD9F2D#AD9F2D

#AD9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F2D
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -7.70, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 58.18, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0273 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1067, 33.8713, 7.4341)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F2D #2D3BAD

analogous

#AD5F2D #AD9F2D #7BAD2D

triadic

#AD9F2D #2DAD9F #9F2DAD

tetradic

#AD9F2D #2DAD5F #2D3BAD #AD2D7B

square

#AD9F2D #2DAD5F #2D3BAD #AD2D7B

split-complementary

#AD9F2D #2D7BAD #5F2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4614 #7C7220 #AD9F2D #CFC148 #DCD178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F2D

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F2D	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)

#AE9A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6e',
    500: '#ad9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f2d;
$custom-light: #c9bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69445,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F2D

secondary

#727BC4

accent

#57E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F2D

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

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