#AD9829#AD9829

#AD9829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9829
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -4.13, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 57.44, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0176 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(28.8635, 31.5023, 6.6576)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9829 #293EAD

analogous

#AD5629 #AD9829 #80AD29

triadic

#AD9829 #29AD98 #9829AD

tetradic

#AD9829 #29AD56 #293EAD #AD2980

square

#AD9829 #29AD56 #293EAD #AD2980

split-complementary

#AD9829 #2980AD #5629AD

monochromatic

#4A4112 #7C6D1D #AD9829 #D2BB41 #DECD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AD9829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AD9829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9829

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9829	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)

#A89413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56b',
    500: '#ad9829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9829;
$custom-light: #c9b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67905,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.31501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9829

secondary

#6D7BC5

accent

#5DE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9829

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

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