#AD9728#AD9728

#AD9728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9728
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -3.64, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 57.51, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0163 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6847, 31.1722, 6.5130)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9728 #283EAD

analogous

#AD5528 #AD9728 #81AD28

triadic

#AD9728 #28AD97 #9728AD

tetradic

#AD9728 #28AD55 #283EAD #AD2881

square

#AD9728 #28AD55 #283EAD #AD2881

split-complementary

#AD9728 #2881AD #5528AD

monochromatic

#4A4011 #7B6C1D #AD9728 #D3BA3F #DECC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AD9728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AD9728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9728

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9728	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56b',
    500: '#ad9728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9728;
$custom-light: #c9b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67684,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9728

secondary

#6C7AC5

accent

#5DE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9728

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

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