#AD9B33#AD9B33

#AD9B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B33
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -5.27, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 54.58, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0197 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5538, 32.5673, 7.8607)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B33 #3345AD

analogous

#AD5E33 #AD9B33 #82AD33

triadic

#AD9B33 #33AD9B #9B33AD

tetradic

#AD9B33 #33AD5E #3345AD #AD3382

square

#AD9B33 #33AD5E #3345AD #AD3382

split-complementary

#AD9B33 #3382AD #5E33AD

monochromatic

#4E4617 #7E7125 #AD9B33 #CCBA51 #DACD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AD9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B33

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B33	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b871',
    500: '#ad9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b33;
$custom-light: #c9b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68623,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B33

secondary

#7984C3

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B33

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

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