#AD9B35#AD9B35

#AD9B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B35
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -5.16, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 53.77, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0192 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5989, 32.5854, 8.0980)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B35 #3547AD

analogous

#AD5F35 #AD9B35 #83AD35

triadic

#AD9B35 #35AD9B #9B35AD

tetradic

#AD9B35 #35AD5F #3547AD #AD3583

square

#AD9B35 #35AD5F #3547AD #AD3583

split-complementary

#AD9B35 #3583AD #5F35AD

monochromatic

#4F4718 #7E7127 #AD9B35 #CBB954 #D9CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AD9B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AD9B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B35

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B35	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b872',
    500: '#ad9b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b35;
$custom-light: #c9b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68639,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B35

secondary

#7B86C3

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B35

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

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