#AD9B28#AD9B28

#AD9B28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B28
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -5.79, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 58.69, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0223 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3394, 32.4816, 6.7312)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B28 #283AAD

analogous

#AD5928 #AD9B28 #7DAD28

triadic

#AD9B28 #28AD9B #9B28AD

tetradic

#AD9B28 #28AD59 #283AAD #AD287D

square

#AD9B28 #28AD59 #283AAD #AD287D

split-complementary

#AD9B28 #287DAD #5928AD

monochromatic

#4A4211 #7B6E1D #AD9B28 #D3BF3F #DECF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AD9B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B28

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B28	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA970F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86b',
    500: '#ad9b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b28;
$custom-light: #c9b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68545,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B28

secondary

#6C78C5

accent

#58E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B28

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

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