#AD9737#AD9737

#AD9737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9737
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -2.89, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 51.66, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0125 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9912, 31.2948, 8.1271)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9737 #374DAD

analogous

#AD5C37 #AD9737 #88AD37

triadic

#AD9737 #37AD97 #9737AD

tetradic

#AD9737 #37AD5C #374DAD #AD3788

square

#AD9737 #37AD5C #374DAD #AD3788

split-complementary

#AD9737 #3788AD #5C37AD

monochromatic

#504619 #7F6E28 #AD9737 #CAB457 #D8C986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AD9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AD9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9737

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9737	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b573',
    500: '#ad9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9737;
$custom-light: #c9b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9737

secondary

#7D8AC2

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9737

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

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