#AD9535#AD9535

#AD9535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9535
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -1.92, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 51.90, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0099 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.117 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6250, 30.6377, 7.7734)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9535 #354DAD

analogous

#AD5935 #AD9535 #89AD35

triadic

#AD9535 #35AD95 #9535AD

tetradic

#AD9535 #35AD59 #354DAD #AD3589

square

#AD9535 #35AD59 #354DAD #AD3589

split-complementary

#AD9535 #3589AD #5935AD

monochromatic

#4F4418 #7E6D27 #AD9535 #CBB354 #D9C883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AD9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AD9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9535

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9535	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b372',
    500: '#ad9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9535;
$custom-light: #c9b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67354,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9535

secondary

#7B89C3

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9535

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

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