#AD9526#AD9526

#AD9526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9526
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -2.64, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 57.64, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0136 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3324, 30.5206, 6.2321)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9526 #263EAD

analogous

#AD5226 #AD9526 #82AD26

triadic

#AD9526 #26AD95 #9526AD

tetradic

#AD9526 #26AD52 #263EAD #AD2682

square

#AD9526 #26AD52 #263EAD #AD2682

split-complementary

#AD9526 #2682AD #5226AD

monochromatic

#493F10 #7B6A1B #AD9526 #D4B93C #DFCB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AD9526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#AD9526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9526

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9526	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5920E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36a',
    500: '#ad9526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9526;
$custom-light: #c9b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9526

secondary

#697AC6

accent

#5EE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9526

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

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