#AD9A34#AD9A34

#AD9A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A34
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -4.68, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 53.85, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0179 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4104, 32.2448, 7.9229)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A34 #3447AD

analogous

#AD5E34 #AD9A34 #84AD34

triadic

#AD9A34 #34AD9A #9A34AD

tetradic

#AD9A34 #34AD5E #3447AD #AD3484

square

#AD9A34 #34AD5E #3447AD #AD3484

split-complementary

#AD9A34 #3484AD #5E34AD

monochromatic

#4F4618 #7E7026 #AD9A34 #CBB853 #D9CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AD9A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AD9A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A34

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A34	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b772',
    500: '#ad9a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a34;
$custom-light: #c9b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68416,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A34

secondary

#7A85C3

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A34

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

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