#AD9F4E#AD9F4E

#AD9F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F4E
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -5.56, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 43.89, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0174 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0079, 34.2318, 12.1803)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F4E #4E5CAD

analogous

#AD704E #AD9F4E #8CAD4E

triadic

#AD9F4E #4EAD9F #9F4EAD

tetradic

#AD9F4E #4EAD70 #4E5CAD #AD4E8C

square

#AD9F4E #4EAD70 #4E5CAD #AD4E8C

split-complementary

#AD9F4E #4E8CAD #704EAD

monochromatic

#595128 #83783B #AD9F4E #C2B777 #D5CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AD9F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AD9F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F4E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F4E	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb82',
    500: '#ad9f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f4e;
$custom-light: #c8bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69763,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F4E

secondary

#959CC2

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F4E

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

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