#AD9826#AD9826

#AD9826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9826
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -4.26, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 58.48, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0182 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8132, 31.4821, 6.3923)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9826 #263BAD

analogous

#AD5526 #AD9826 #7FAD26

triadic

#AD9826 #26AD98 #9826AD

tetradic

#AD9826 #26AD55 #263BAD #AD267F

square

#AD9826 #26AD55 #263BAD #AD267F

split-complementary

#AD9826 #267FAD #5526AD

monochromatic

#494010 #7B6C1B #AD9826 #D4BD3C #DFCE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AD9826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AD9826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9826

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9826	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56a',
    500: '#ad9826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9826;
$custom-light: #c9b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67886,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9826

secondary

#6977C6

accent

#5BE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9826

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

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