#AD9A26#AD9A26

#AD9A26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A26
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -5.33, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 59.06, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0213 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1405, 32.1368, 6.5015)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A26 #2639AD

analogous

#AD5726 #AD9A26 #7DAD26

triadic

#AD9A26 #26AD9A #9A26AD

tetradic

#AD9A26 #26AD57 #2639AD #AD267D

square

#AD9A26 #26AD57 #2639AD #AD267D

split-complementary

#AD9A26 #267DAD #5726AD

monochromatic

#494110 #7B6D1B #AD9A26 #D4BF3C #DFCF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD9A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AD9A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A26

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A26	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76a',
    500: '#ad9a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a26;
$custom-light: #c9b76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68317,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A26

secondary

#6976C6

accent

#58E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A26

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

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