#AD9037#AD9037

#AD9037 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.112 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9037
RGB	rgb(173, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 0.92, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 49.62, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0015 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.112 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8979, 29.1082, 7.7627)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9037 #3754AD

analogous

#AD5537 #AD9037 #8FAD37

triadic

#AD9037 #37AD90 #9037AD

tetradic

#AD9037 #37AD55 #3754AD #AD378F

square

#AD9037 #37AD55 #3754AD #AD378F

split-complementary

#AD9037 #378FAD #5537AD

monochromatic

#504319 #7F6928 #AD9037 #CAAE57 #D8C486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AD9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AD9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9037

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9037	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.112 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b072',
    500: '#ad9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9037;
$custom-light: #c9b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66314,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9037

secondary

#7D8EC2

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9037

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

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