#AD9C26#AD9C26

#AD9C26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C26
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -6.40, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 59.66, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0243 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4733, 32.8025, 6.6124)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C26 #2637AD

analogous

#AD5826 #AD9C26 #7BAD26

triadic

#AD9C26 #26AD9C #9C26AD

tetradic

#AD9C26 #26AD58 #2637AD #AD267B

square

#AD9C26 #26AD58 #2637AD #AD267B

split-complementary

#AD9C26 #267BAD #5826AD

monochromatic

#494210 #7B6F1B #AD9C26 #D4C13C #DFD16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AD9C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AD9C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C26

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C26	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86b',
    500: '#ad9c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c26;
$custom-light: #c9b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68749,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C26

secondary

#6975C6

accent

#56E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C26

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

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