#AD9539#AD9539

#AD9539 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.114 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9539
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -1.69, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 50.19, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0088 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.114 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7209, 30.6760, 8.2784)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9539 #3951AD

analogous

#AD5B39 #AD9539 #8BAD39

triadic

#AD9539 #39AD95 #9539AD

tetradic

#AD9539 #39AD5B #3951AD #AD398B

square

#AD9539 #39AD5B #3951AD #AD398B

split-complementary

#AD9539 #398BAD #5B39AD

monochromatic

#51461B #7F6D2A #AD9539 #C9B25A #D8C788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AD9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AD9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9539

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9539	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.114 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b374',
    500: '#ad9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9539;
$custom-light: #c9b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6739,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9539

secondary

#808DC2

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9539

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

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