#AD9038#AD9038

#AD9038 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.111 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9038
RGB	rgb(173, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 0.98, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 49.19, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0012 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.111 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9221, 29.1179, 7.8902)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9038 #3855AD

analogous

#AD5538 #AD9038 #90AD38

triadic

#AD9038 #38AD90 #9038AD

tetradic

#AD9038 #38AD55 #3855AD #AD3890

square

#AD9038 #38AD55 #3855AD #AD3890

split-complementary

#AD9038 #3890AD #5538AD

monochromatic

#51431A #7F6A29 #AD9038 #C9AD59 #D8C487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AD9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AD9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9038

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9038	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)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.111 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b073',
    500: '#ad9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9038;
$custom-light: #c9b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66323,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9038

secondary

#7F8FC2

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9038

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

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