#AD9936#AD9936

#AD9936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9936
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -4.03, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 52.71, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0158 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2920, 31.9345, 8.1104)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9936 #364AAD

analogous

#AD5E36 #AD9936 #86AD36

triadic

#AD9936 #36AD99 #9936AD

tetradic

#AD9936 #36AD5E #364AAD #AD3686

square

#AD9936 #36AD5E #364AAD #AD3686

split-complementary

#AD9936 #3686AD #5E36AD

monochromatic

#504719 #7E7027 #AD9936 #CAB756 #D9CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AD9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9936

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9936	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b673',
    500: '#ad9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9936;
$custom-light: #c9b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68218,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9936

secondary

#7C88C2

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9936

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

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