#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
RGBrgb(173, 156, 53)
HSLhsl(52, 53%, 44%)
HSVhsv(52, 69%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.8%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.10, -5.70, 53.80)
CIE-LCHlch(64.10, 54.10, 96.04°)
OKLaboklab(68.86% -0.0207 0.1205)
OKLCHoklch(68.86% 0.122 99.8)
XYZxyz(29.7660, 32.9196, 8.1537)
Luminance0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AD9C351.002.777.587.58
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5821.001.001.00
##0000007.5821.001.001.00

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

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#AD9C35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva