#AD9838#AD9838

#AD9838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.117 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9838
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -3.37, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 51.55, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0137 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.117 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1770, 31.6277, 8.3085)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9838 #384DAD

analogous

#AD5E38 #AD9838 #87AD38

triadic

#AD9838 #38AD98 #9838AD

tetradic

#AD9838 #38AD5E #384DAD #AD3887

square

#AD9838 #38AD5E #384DAD #AD3887

split-complementary

#AD9838 #3887AD #5E38AD

monochromatic

#51471A #7F6F29 #AD9838 #C9B559 #D8CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AD9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AD9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9838

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9838	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.117 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b674',
    500: '#ad9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9838;
$custom-light: #c9b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68021,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9838

secondary

#7F8BC2

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9838

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

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