#AD9A29#AD9A29

#AD9A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A29
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -5.21, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 58.04, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0206 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1909, 32.1570, 6.7667)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A29 #293CAD

analogous

#AD5829 #AD9A29 #7EAD29

triadic

#AD9A29 #29AD9A #9A29AD

tetradic

#AD9A29 #29AD58 #293CAD #AD297E

square

#AD9A29 #29AD58 #293CAD #AD297E

split-complementary

#AD9A29 #297EAD #5829AD

monochromatic

#4A4212 #7C6E1D #AD9A29 #D2BD41 #DECE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD9A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AD9A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A29

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A29	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)

#A99612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76c',
    500: '#ad9a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a29;
$custom-light: #c9b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A29

secondary

#6D7AC5

accent

#5AE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A29

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

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