#AD9B37#AD9B37

#AD9B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B37
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -5.05, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 52.94, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0186 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6458, 32.6041, 8.3454)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B37 #3749AD

analogous

#AD6037 #AD9B37 #84AD37

triadic

#AD9B37 #37AD9B #9B37AD

tetradic

#AD9B37 #37AD60 #3749AD #AD3784

square

#AD9B37 #37AD60 #3749AD #AD3784

split-complementary

#AD9B37 #3784AD #6037AD

monochromatic

#504819 #7F7128 #AD9B37 #CAB857 #D8CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AD9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AD9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B37

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B37	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b873',
    500: '#ad9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b37;
$custom-light: #c9b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B37

secondary

#7D88C2

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B37

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

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