#AD9F2F#AD9F2F

#AD9F2F 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	#AD9F2F
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -7.61, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 57.44, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0268 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(30.1462, 33.8871, 7.6417)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F2F #2F3DAD

analogous

#AD602F #AD9F2F #7CAD2F

triadic

#AD9F2F #2FAD9F #9F2FAD

tetradic

#AD9F2F #2FAD60 #2F3DAD #AD2F7C

square

#AD9F2F #2FAD60 #2F3DAD #AD2F7C

split-complementary

#AD9F2F #2F7CAD #602FAD

monochromatic

#4D4715 #7D7322 #AD9F2F #CEC04B #DBD17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AD9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F2F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F2F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6f',
    500: '#ad9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f2f;
$custom-light: #c9bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F2F

secondary

#747DC4

accent

#58E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F2F

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

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