#AD9929#AD9929

#AD9929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.128 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9929
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -4.67, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 57.74, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0191 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.128 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0265, 31.8283, 6.7120)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9929 #293DAD

analogous

#AD5729 #AD9929 #7FAD29

triadic

#AD9929 #29AD99 #9929AD

tetradic

#AD9929 #29AD57 #293DAD #AD297F

square

#AD9929 #29AD57 #293DAD #AD297F

split-complementary

#AD9929 #297FAD #5729AD

monochromatic

#4A4112 #7C6D1D #AD9929 #D2BC41 #DECE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AD9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9929

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9929	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.128 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66c',
    500: '#ad9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9929;
$custom-light: #c9b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6812,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9929

secondary

#6D7AC5

accent

#5CE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9929

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

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