#AD9837#AD9837

#AD9837 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	#AD9837
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -3.43, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 51.97, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.014 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1528, 31.6180, 8.1810)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9837 #374CAD

analogous

#AD5D37 #AD9837 #87AD37

triadic

#AD9837 #37AD98 #9837AD

tetradic

#AD9837 #37AD5D #374CAD #AD3787

square

#AD9837 #37AD5D #374CAD #AD3787

split-complementary

#AD9837 #3787AD #5D37AD

monochromatic

#504619 #7F6F28 #AD9837 #CAB557 #D8CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AD9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9837

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9837	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)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b673',
    500: '#ad9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9837;
$custom-light: #c9b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9837

secondary

#7D8AC2

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9837

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

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