#AD9738#AD9738

#AD9738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.116 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD9738
RGBrgb(173, 151, 56)
HSLhsl(49, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.76, -2.83, 51.15)
CIE-LCHlch(62.76, 51.23, 93.17°)
OKLaboklab(67.81% -0.0122 0.1154)
OKLCHoklch(67.81% 0.116 96)
XYZxyz(29.0154, 31.3044, 8.2547)
Luminance0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD9738 #384EAD
analogous
#AD5D38 #AD9738 #89AD38
triadic
#AD9738 #38AD97 #9738AD
tetradic
#AD9738 #38AD5D #384EAD #AD3889
square
#AD9738 #38AD5D #384EAD #AD3889
split-complementary
#AD9738 #3889AD #5D38AD
monochromatic
#51461A #7F6F29 #AD9738 #C9B459 #D8C987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89
#AD9738 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26
#AD9738 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9738
7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD9738#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD97381.002.897.267.26
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2621.001.001.00
##0000007.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6942C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9B3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA8C83
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.116 96.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b574',
    500: '#ad9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad9738;
$custom-light: #c9b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67807,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.31303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD9738
secondary
#7F8BC2
accent
#68DB4D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

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#AD9738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva