#AD9934#AD9934

#AD9934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9934
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -4.14, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 53.53, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0164 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2460, 31.9161, 7.8681)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9934 #3448AD

analogous

#AD5D34 #AD9934 #85AD34

triadic

#AD9934 #34AD99 #9934AD

tetradic

#AD9934 #34AD5D #3448AD #AD3485

square

#AD9934 #34AD5D #3448AD #AD3485

split-complementary

#AD9934 #3485AD #5D34AD

monochromatic

#4F4618 #7E6F26 #AD9934 #CBB753 #D9CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AD9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9934

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9934	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A89526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b671',
    500: '#ad9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9934;
$custom-light: #c9b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68201,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9934

secondary

#7A86C3

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9934

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

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