#AD9831#AD9831

#AD9831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9831
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -3.76, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 54.43, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0157 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0176, 31.5639, 7.4691)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9831 #3146AD

analogous

#AD5A31 #AD9831 #84AD31

triadic

#AD9831 #31AD98 #9831AD

tetradic

#AD9831 #31AD5A #3146AD #AD3184

square

#AD9831 #31AD5A #3146AD #AD3184

split-complementary

#AD9831 #3184AD #5A31AD

monochromatic

#4E4416 #7D6E23 #AD9831 #CDB74E #DACB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AD9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9831

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9831	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b670',
    500: '#ad9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9831;
$custom-light: #c9b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67962,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9831

secondary

#7784C3

accent

#62DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9831

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

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