#AD9938#AD9938

#AD9938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9938
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -3.91, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 51.86, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0153 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3400, 31.9537, 8.3629)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9938 #384CAD

analogous

#AD5F38 #AD9938 #86AD38

triadic

#AD9938 #38AD99 #9938AD

tetradic

#AD9938 #38AD5F #384CAD #AD3886

square

#AD9938 #38AD5F #384CAD #AD3886

split-complementary

#AD9938 #3886AD #5F38AD

monochromatic

#51471A #7F7029 #AD9938 #C9B659 #D8CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AD9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AD9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9938

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9938	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)

#A8952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b674',
    500: '#ad9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9938;
$custom-light: #c9b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68235,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9938

secondary

#7F8AC2

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9938

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

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