#AD9928#AD9928

#AD9928 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9928
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -4.71, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 58.09, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0193 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0093, 31.8214, 6.6212)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9928 #283CAD

analogous

#AD5628 #AD9928 #7FAD28

triadic

#AD9928 #28AD99 #9928AD

tetradic

#AD9928 #28AD56 #283CAD #AD287F

square

#AD9928 #28AD56 #283CAD #AD287F

split-complementary

#AD9928 #287FAD #5628AD

monochromatic

#4A4111 #7B6D1D #AD9928 #D3BD3F #DECE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AD9928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9928

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9928	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66b',
    500: '#ad9928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9928;
$custom-light: #c9b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68114,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9928

secondary

#6C79C5

accent

#5BE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9928

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

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