#AD9236#AD9236

#AD9236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.114 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9236
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -0.23, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 50.61, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.005 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.114 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1798, 29.7099, 7.7396)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9236 #3651AD

analogous

#AD5736 #AD9236 #8CAD36

triadic

#AD9236 #36AD92 #9236AD

tetradic

#AD9236 #36AD57 #3651AD #AD368C

square

#AD9236 #36AD57 #3651AD #AD368C

split-complementary

#AD9236 #368CAD #5736AD

monochromatic

#504319 #7E6B27 #AD9236 #CAB056 #D9C685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AD9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AD9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9236

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9236	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.114 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b172',
    500: '#ad9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9236;
$custom-light: #c9b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66727,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9236

secondary

#7C8CC2

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9236

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

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