#AD9537#AD9537

#AD9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.115 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9537
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -1.81, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 51.05, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0094 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.115 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6720, 30.6565, 8.0208)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9537 #374FAD

analogous

#AD5A37 #AD9537 #8AAD37

triadic

#AD9537 #37AD95 #9537AD

tetradic

#AD9537 #37AD5A #374FAD #AD378A

square

#AD9537 #37AD5A #374FAD #AD378A

split-complementary

#AD9537 #378AAD #5A37AD

monochromatic

#504519 #7F6D28 #AD9537 #CAB257 #D8C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AD9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AD9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9537

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9537	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.115 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b373',
    500: '#ad9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9537;
$custom-light: #c9b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67372,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9537

secondary

#7D8BC2

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9537

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

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