#AD9835#AD9835

#AD9835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9835
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -3.55, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 52.81, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0146 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(29.1058, 31.5992, 7.9336)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9835 #354AAD

analogous

#AD5C35 #AD9835 #86AD35

triadic

#AD9835 #35AD98 #9835AD

tetradic

#AD9835 #35AD5C #354AAD #AD3586

square

#AD9835 #35AD5C #354AAD #AD3586

split-complementary

#AD9835 #3586AD #5C35AD

monochromatic

#4F4618 #7E6F27 #AD9835 #CBB654 #D9CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AD9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9835

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9835	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)

#A79427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b672',
    500: '#ad9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9835;
$custom-light: #c9b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9835

secondary

#7B88C3

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9835

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

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