#AD9639#AD9639

#AD9639 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9639
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -2.23, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 50.49, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0103 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.115 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8798, 30.9938, 8.3313)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9639 #3950AD

analogous

#AD5C39 #AD9639 #8AAD39

triadic

#AD9639 #39AD96 #9639AD

tetradic

#AD9639 #39AD5C #3950AD #AD398A

square

#AD9639 #39AD5C #3950AD #AD398A

split-complementary

#AD9639 #398AAD #5C39AD

monochromatic

#51461B #7F6E2A #AD9639 #C9B35A #D8C888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AD9639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AD9639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9639

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9639	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)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b474',
    500: '#ad9639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9639;
$custom-light: #c9b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67603,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9639

secondary

#808DC2

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9639

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

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