#AD9A28#AD9A28

#AD9A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A28
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -5.25, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 58.38, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0208 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1736, 32.1501, 6.6760)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A28 #283BAD

analogous

#AD5828 #AD9A28 #7DAD28

triadic

#AD9A28 #28AD9A #9A28AD

tetradic

#AD9A28 #28AD58 #283BAD #AD287D

square

#AD9A28 #28AD58 #283BAD #AD287D

split-complementary

#AD9A28 #287DAD #5828AD

monochromatic

#4A4211 #7B6E1D #AD9A28 #D3BE3F #DECF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD9A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AD9A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A28

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A28	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)

#AA9610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76b',
    500: '#ad9a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a28;
$custom-light: #c9b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68329,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A28

secondary

#6C78C5

accent

#5AE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A28

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

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