#AD9F2E#AD9F2E

#AD9F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F2E
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -7.65, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 57.82, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.027 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(30.1262, 33.8791, 7.5367)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F2E #2E3CAD

analogous

#AD5F2E #AD9F2E #7BAD2E

triadic

#AD9F2E #2EAD9F #9F2EAD

tetradic

#AD9F2E #2EAD5F #2E3CAD #AD2E7B

square

#AD9F2E #2EAD5F #2E3CAD #AD2E7B

split-complementary

#AD9F2E #2E7BAD #5F2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4614 #7D7321 #AD9F2E #CFC049 #DCD17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AD9F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F2E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F2E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6f',
    500: '#ad9f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f2e;
$custom-light: #c9bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F2E

secondary

#737CC4

accent

#58E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F2E

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

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