#AD9834#AD9834

#AD9834 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9834
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -3.60, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 53.22, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0149 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0830, 31.5901, 7.8138)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9834 #3449AD

analogous

#AD5C34 #AD9834 #86AD34

triadic

#AD9834 #34AD98 #9834AD

tetradic

#AD9834 #34AD5C #3449AD #AD3486

square

#AD9834 #34AD5C #3449AD #AD3486

split-complementary

#AD9834 #3486AD #5C34AD

monochromatic

#4F4518 #7E6F26 #AD9834 #CBB653 #D9CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AD9834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9834

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9834	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)

#A79426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b671',
    500: '#ad9834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9834;
$custom-light: #c9b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67986,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9834

secondary

#7A87C3

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9834

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

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