#AD9930#AD9930

#AD9930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9930
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -4.35, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 55.13, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0174 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1597, 31.8816, 7.4136)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9930 #3044AD

analogous

#AD5A30 #AD9930 #82AD30

triadic

#AD9930 #30AD99 #9930AD

tetradic

#AD9930 #30AD5A #3044AD #AD3082

square

#AD9930 #30AD5A #3044AD #AD3082

split-complementary

#AD9930 #3082AD #5A30AD

monochromatic

#4D4415 #7D6F23 #AD9930 #CEB94D #DBCC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AD9930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9930

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9930	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66f',
    500: '#ad9930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9930;
$custom-light: #c9b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68169,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9930

secondary

#7582C3

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9930

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

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