#AD9C28#AD9C28

#AD9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C28
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -6.32, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 58.99, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0239 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5065, 32.8158, 6.7869)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C28 #2839AD

analogous

#AD5A28 #AD9C28 #7CAD28

triadic

#AD9C28 #28AD9C #9C28AD

tetradic

#AD9C28 #28AD5A #2839AD #AD287C

square

#AD9C28 #28AD5A #2839AD #AD287C

split-complementary

#AD9C28 #287CAD #5A28AD

monochromatic

#4A4211 #7B6F1D #AD9C28 #D3C03F #DED071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AD9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AD9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C28

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C28	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)

#AB970F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86b',
    500: '#ad9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c28;
$custom-light: #c9b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C28

secondary

#6C77C5

accent

#57E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C28

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

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