#AD9735#AD9735

#AD9735 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9735
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -3.01, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 52.50, 93.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.013 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9442, 31.2760, 7.8798)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9735 #354BAD

analogous

#AD5B35 #AD9735 #87AD35

triadic

#AD9735 #35AD97 #9735AD

tetradic

#AD9735 #35AD5B #354BAD #AD3587

square

#AD9735 #35AD5B #354BAD #AD3587

split-complementary

#AD9735 #3587AD #5B35AD

monochromatic

#4F4518 #7E6E27 #AD9735 #CBB554 #D9C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AD9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AD9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9735

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9735	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b572',
    500: '#ad9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9735;
$custom-light: #c9b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9735

secondary

#7B88C3

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9735

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

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