#AD9B34#AD9B34

#AD9B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B34
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -5.21, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 54.18, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0195 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5761, 32.5763, 7.9781)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B34 #3446AD

analogous

#AD5E34 #AD9B34 #83AD34

triadic

#AD9B34 #34AD9B #9B34AD

tetradic

#AD9B34 #34AD5E #3446AD #AD3483

square

#AD9B34 #34AD5E #3446AD #AD3483

split-complementary

#AD9B34 #3483AD #5E34AD

monochromatic

#4F4718 #7E7126 #AD9B34 #CBB953 #D9CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AD9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AD9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B34

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B34	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#AA9725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b872',
    500: '#ad9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b34;
$custom-light: #c9b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68631,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B34

secondary

#7A85C3

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B34

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

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