#AD9C35#AD9C35

#AD9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C35
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -5.70, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 54.10, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0207 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7660, 32.9196, 8.1537)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C35 #3546AD

analogous

#AD6035 #AD9C35 #82AD35

triadic

#AD9C35 #35AD9C #9C35AD

tetradic

#AD9C35 #35AD60 #3546AD #AD3582

square

#AD9C35 #35AD60 #3546AD #AD3582

split-complementary

#AD9C35 #3582AD #6035AD

monochromatic

#4F4818 #7E7227 #AD9C35 #CBBA54 #D9CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AD9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C35

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C35	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)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b872',
    500: '#ad9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c35;
$custom-light: #c9b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68855,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C35

secondary

#7B85C3

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C35

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

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