#AD9237#AD9237

#AD9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9237
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -0.17, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 50.18, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0047 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.113 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2035, 29.7194, 7.8646)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9237 #3752AD

analogous

#AD5737 #AD9237 #8DAD37

triadic

#AD9237 #37AD92 #9237AD

tetradic

#AD9237 #37AD57 #3752AD #AD378D

square

#AD9237 #37AD57 #3752AD #AD378D

split-complementary

#AD9237 #378DAD #5737AD

monochromatic

#504419 #7F6B28 #AD9237 #CAB057 #D8C686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#AD9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#AD9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9237

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9237	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#A1902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b173',
    500: '#ad9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9237;
$custom-light: #c9b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66736,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9237

secondary

#7D8DC2

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9237

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

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