#AD9C33#AD9C33

#AD9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C33
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -5.80, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 54.90, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0213 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7209, 32.9016, 7.9165)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C33 #3344AD

analogous

#AD5F33 #AD9C33 #81AD33

triadic

#AD9C33 #33AD9C #9C33AD

tetradic

#AD9C33 #33AD5F #3344AD #AD3381

square

#AD9C33 #33AD5F #3344AD #AD3381

split-complementary

#AD9C33 #3381AD #5F33AD

monochromatic

#4E4717 #7E7125 #AD9C33 #CCBB51 #DACD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AD9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C33

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C33	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)

#AB9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b871',
    500: '#ad9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c33;
$custom-light: #c9b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68839,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C33

secondary

#7983C3

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C33

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

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