#AD9529#AD9529

#AD9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9529
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -2.51, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 56.59, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.013 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(28.3828, 30.5408, 6.4974)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9529 #2941AD

analogous

#AD5329 #AD9529 #83AD29

triadic

#AD9529 #29AD95 #9529AD

tetradic

#AD9529 #29AD53 #2941AD #AD2983

square

#AD9529 #29AD53 #2941AD #AD2983

split-complementary

#AD9529 #2983AD #5329AD

monochromatic

#4A4012 #7C6A1D #AD9529 #D2B841 #DECA73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AD9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AD9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9529

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9529	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	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)

#A59214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36b',
    500: '#ad9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9529;
$custom-light: #c9b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67262,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.30539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9529

secondary

#6D7DC5

accent

#60E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9529

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

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