#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
RGBrgb(173, 144, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(60.89, 0.98, 49.18)
CIE-LCHlch(60.89, 49.19, 88.86°)
OKLaboklab(66.32% -0.0012 0.1112)
OKLCHoklch(66.32% 0.111 90.6)
XYZxyz(27.9221, 29.1179, 7.8902)
Luminance0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AD90381.003.086.826.82
#FFFFFF3.081.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8221.001.001.00
##0000006.8221.001.001.00

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

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#AD9038 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva