#AD9729#AD9729

#AD9729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9729
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -3.60, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 57.15, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.016 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7019, 31.1791, 6.6038)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9729 #293FAD

analogous

#AD5529 #AD9729 #81AD29

triadic

#AD9729 #29AD97 #9729AD

tetradic

#AD9729 #29AD55 #293FAD #AD2981

square

#AD9729 #29AD55 #293FAD #AD2981

split-complementary

#AD9729 #2981AD #5529AD

monochromatic

#4A4112 #7C6C1D #AD9729 #D2BA41 #DECC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AD9729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AD9729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9729

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9729	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56b',
    500: '#ad9729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9729;
$custom-light: #c9b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6769,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9729

secondary

#6D7CC5

accent

#5EE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9729

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

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