#AD9833#AD9833

#AD9833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9833
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -3.65, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 53.63, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0151 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0608, 31.5812, 7.6964)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9833 #3348AD

analogous

#AD5B33 #AD9833 #85AD33

triadic

#AD9833 #33AD98 #9833AD

tetradic

#AD9833 #33AD5B #3348AD #AD3385

square

#AD9833 #33AD5B #3348AD #AD3385

split-complementary

#AD9833 #3385AD #5B33AD

monochromatic

#4E4517 #7E6E25 #AD9833 #CCB751 #DACA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AD9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9833

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9833	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b671',
    500: '#ad9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9833;
$custom-light: #c9b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67978,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9833

secondary

#7986C3

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9833

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

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