#AD9528#AD9528

#AD9528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9528
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -2.56, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 56.94, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0132 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3655, 30.5339, 6.4066)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9528 #2840AD

analogous

#AD5328 #AD9528 #83AD28

triadic

#AD9528 #28AD95 #9528AD

tetradic

#AD9528 #28AD53 #2840AD #AD2883

square

#AD9528 #28AD53 #2840AD #AD2883

split-complementary

#AD9528 #2883AD #5328AD

monochromatic

#4A3F11 #7B6A1D #AD9528 #D3B83F #DECB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AD9528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AD9528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9528

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9528	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36b',
    500: '#ad9528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9528;
$custom-light: #c9b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67256,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9528

secondary

#6C7CC5

accent

#60E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9528

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

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