#AD9736#AD9736

#AD9736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9736
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -2.95, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 52.08, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0128 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9674, 31.2853, 8.0022)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9736 #364CAD

analogous

#AD5C36 #AD9736 #87AD36

triadic

#AD9736 #36AD97 #9736AD

tetradic

#AD9736 #36AD5C #364CAD #AD3687

square

#AD9736 #36AD5C #364CAD #AD3687

split-complementary

#AD9736 #3687AD #5C36AD

monochromatic

#504619 #7E6E27 #AD9736 #CAB556 #D9C985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AD9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AD9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9736

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9736	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b572',
    500: '#ad9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9736;
$custom-light: #c9b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67789,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9736

secondary

#7C89C2

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9736

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

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