#AD9933#AD9933

#AD9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9933
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -4.19, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 53.94, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0167 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2237, 31.9072, 7.7507)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9933 #3347AD

analogous

#AD5C33 #AD9933 #84AD33

triadic

#AD9933 #33AD99 #9933AD

tetradic

#AD9933 #33AD5C #3347AD #AD3384

square

#AD9933 #33AD5C #3347AD #AD3384

split-complementary

#AD9933 #3384AD #5C33AD

monochromatic

#4E4517 #7E6F25 #AD9933 #CCB851 #DACB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AD9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9933

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9933	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)

#A89524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b671',
    500: '#ad9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9933;
$custom-light: #c9b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68193,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9933

secondary

#7985C3

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9933

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

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