#AD9638#AD9638

#AD9638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9638
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -2.29, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 50.92, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0106 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8551, 30.9839, 8.2012)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9638 #384FAD

analogous

#AD5B38 #AD9638 #8AAD38

triadic

#AD9638 #38AD96 #9638AD

tetradic

#AD9638 #38AD5B #384FAD #AD388A

square

#AD9638 #38AD5B #384FAD #AD388A

split-complementary

#AD9638 #388AAD #5B38AD

monochromatic

#51461A #7F6E29 #AD9638 #C9B359 #D8C887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AD9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AD9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9638

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9638	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b473',
    500: '#ad9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9638;
$custom-light: #c9b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67594,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9638

secondary

#7F8CC2

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9638

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

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