#AD9A35#AD9A35

#AD9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9A35
RGB	rgb(173, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -4.62, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 53.44, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0177 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.121 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4331, 32.2539, 8.0428)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9A35 #3548AD

analogous

#AD5E35 #AD9A35 #84AD35

triadic

#AD9A35 #35AD9A #9A35AD

tetradic

#AD9A35 #35AD5E #3548AD #AD3584

square

#AD9A35 #35AD5E #3548AD #AD3584

split-complementary

#AD9A35 #3584AD #5E35AD

monochromatic

#4F4718 #7E7027 #AD9A35 #CBB854 #D9CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AD9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AD9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9A35

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9A35	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)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b772',
    500: '#ad9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9a35;
$custom-light: #c9b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68424,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9A35

secondary

#7B86C3

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9A35

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

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