#AD9937#AD9937

#AD9937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9937
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -3.97, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 52.29, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0156 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.118 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3158, 31.9440, 8.2353)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9937 #374BAD

analogous

#AD5E37 #AD9937 #86AD37

triadic

#AD9937 #37AD99 #9937AD

tetradic

#AD9937 #37AD5E #374BAD #AD3786

square

#AD9937 #37AD5E #374BAD #AD3786

split-complementary

#AD9937 #3786AD #5E37AD

monochromatic

#504719 #7F7028 #AD9937 #CAB657 #D8CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AD9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9937

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9937	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)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b673',
    500: '#ad9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9937;
$custom-light: #c9b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68226,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9937

secondary

#7D89C2

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9937

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

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