#AD9C32#AD9C32

#AD9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C32
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -5.86, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 55.30, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0215 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.124 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.6991, 32.8928, 7.8016)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C32 #3243AD

analogous

#AD5E32 #AD9C32 #80AD32

triadic

#AD9C32 #32AD9C #9C32AD

tetradic

#AD9C32 #32AD5E #3243AD #AD3280

square

#AD9C32 #32AD5E #3243AD #AD3280

split-complementary

#AD9C32 #3280AD #5E32AD

monochromatic

#4E4617 #7E7124 #AD9C32 #CCBB50 #DACE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AD9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C32

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C32	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b871',
    500: '#ad9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c32;
$custom-light: #c9b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68831,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C32

secondary

#7882C3

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C32

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →