#AD9935#AD9935

#AD9935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.120 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9935
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -4.08, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 53.12, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0161 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.12 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2688, 31.9252, 7.9880)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9935 #3549AD

analogous

#AD5D35 #AD9935 #85AD35

triadic

#AD9935 #35AD99 #9935AD

tetradic

#AD9935 #35AD5D #3549AD #AD3585

square

#AD9935 #35AD5D #3549AD #AD3585

split-complementary

#AD9935 #3585AD #5D35AD

monochromatic

#4F4618 #7E7027 #AD9935 #CBB754 #D9CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AD9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9935

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9935	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)

#A89527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.120 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b672',
    500: '#ad9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9935;
$custom-light: #c9b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68209,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9935

secondary

#7B87C3

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9935

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

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