#AD9836#AD9836

#AD9836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9836
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -3.49, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 52.39, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0143 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1290, 31.6085, 8.0560)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9836 #364BAD

analogous

#AD5D36 #AD9836 #87AD36

triadic

#AD9836 #36AD98 #9836AD

tetradic

#AD9836 #36AD5D #364BAD #AD3687

square

#AD9836 #36AD5D #364BAD #AD3687

split-complementary

#AD9836 #3687AD #5D36AD

monochromatic

#504619 #7E6F27 #AD9836 #CAB656 #D9CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AD9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9836

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9836	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)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b672',
    500: '#ad9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9836;
$custom-light: #c9b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68003,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9836

secondary

#7C89C2

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9836

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

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