#AD9B26#AD9B26

#AD9B26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B26
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -5.87, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 59.36, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0228 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.3062, 32.4683, 6.5567)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B26 #2638AD

analogous

#AD5826 #AD9B26 #7CAD26

triadic

#AD9B26 #26AD9B #9B26AD

tetradic

#AD9B26 #26AD58 #2638AD #AD267C

square

#AD9B26 #26AD58 #2638AD #AD267C

split-complementary

#AD9B26 #267CAD #5826AD

monochromatic

#494110 #7B6E1B #AD9B26 #D4C03C #DFD06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AD9B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B26

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B26	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86a',
    500: '#ad9b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b26;
$custom-light: #c9b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68533,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B26

secondary

#6975C6

accent

#57E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B26

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

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