#AD9429#AD9429

#AD9429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.124 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9429
RGB	rgb(173, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -1.97, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 56.31, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0114 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.124 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2252, 30.2257, 6.4449)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9429 #2942AD

analogous

#AD5229 #AD9429 #84AD29

triadic

#AD9429 #29AD94 #9429AD

tetradic

#AD9429 #29AD52 #2942AD #AD2984

square

#AD9429 #29AD52 #2942AD #AD2984

split-complementary

#AD9429 #2984AD #5229AD

monochromatic

#4A3F12 #7C6A1D #AD9429 #D2B741 #DEC973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AD9429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AD9429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9429

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9429	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.124 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36b',
    500: '#ad9429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9429;
$custom-light: #c9b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67049,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9429

secondary

#6D7EC5

accent

#62E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9429

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

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