#AD9626#AD9626

#AD9626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9626
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -3.18, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 57.92, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0152 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4913, 30.8384, 6.2851)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9626 #263DAD

analogous

#AD5326 #AD9626 #81AD26

triadic

#AD9626 #26AD96 #9626AD

tetradic

#AD9626 #26AD53 #263DAD #AD2681

square

#AD9626 #26AD53 #263DAD #AD2681

split-complementary

#AD9626 #2681AD #5326AD

monochromatic

#493F10 #7B6A1B #AD9626 #D4BA3C #DFCC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AD9626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AD9626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9626

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9626	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6920D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46a',
    500: '#ad9626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9626;
$custom-light: #c9b46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67457,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9626

secondary

#6979C6

accent

#5DE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9626

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

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