#AD9531#AD9531

#AD9531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.120 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9531
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -2.14, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 53.54, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.011 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.12 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5369, 30.6024, 7.3089)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9531 #3149AD

analogous

#AD5731 #AD9531 #87AD31

triadic

#AD9531 #31AD95 #9531AD

tetradic

#AD9531 #31AD57 #3149AD #AD3187

square

#AD9531 #31AD57 #3149AD #AD3187

split-complementary

#AD9531 #3187AD #5731AD

monochromatic

#4E4316 #7D6C23 #AD9531 #CDB44E #DAC97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AD9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#AD9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9531

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9531	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.120 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36f',
    500: '#ad9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9531;
$custom-light: #c9b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67321,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9531

secondary

#7785C3

accent

#66DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9531

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

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