#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
RGB	rgb(173, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -2.83, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 51.23, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0122 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.116 96)
XYZ	xyz(29.0154, 31.3044, 8.2547)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AD9738	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)

#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

Preview with #AD9738

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

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