#AD9533#AD9533

#AD9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.118 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9533
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -2.03, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 52.73, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0105 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.118 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5800, 30.6197, 7.5361)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9533 #334BAD

analogous

#AD5833 #AD9533 #88AD33

triadic

#AD9533 #33AD95 #9533AD

tetradic

#AD9533 #33AD58 #334BAD #AD3388

square

#AD9533 #33AD58 #334BAD #AD3388

split-complementary

#AD9533 #3388AD #5833AD

monochromatic

#4E4417 #7E6C25 #AD9533 #CCB451 #DAC881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AD9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#AD9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9533

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9533	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)

#A49225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.118 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b370',
    500: '#ad9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9533;
$custom-light: #c9b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67337,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9533

secondary

#7987C3

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9533

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

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