#AD9932#AD9932

#AD9932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9932
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -4.25, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 54.34, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0169 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(29.2019, 31.8984, 7.6359)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9932 #3246AD

analogous

#AD5B32 #AD9932 #83AD32

triadic

#AD9932 #32AD99 #9932AD

tetradic

#AD9932 #32AD5B #3246AD #AD3283

square

#AD9932 #32AD5B #3246AD #AD3283

split-complementary

#AD9932 #3283AD #5B32AD

monochromatic

#4E4517 #7E6F24 #AD9932 #CCB850 #DACB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AD9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9932

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9932	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)

#A89523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b670',
    500: '#ad9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9932;
$custom-light: #c9b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68185,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.31897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9932

secondary

#7884C3

accent

#62DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9932

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

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