#AD9C36#AD9C36

#AD9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C36
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -5.64, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 53.69, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0204 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7892, 32.9289, 8.2761)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C36 #3647AD

analogous

#AD6136 #AD9C36 #82AD36

triadic

#AD9C36 #36AD9C #9C36AD

tetradic

#AD9C36 #36AD61 #3647AD #AD3682

square

#AD9C36 #36AD61 #3647AD #AD3682

split-complementary

#AD9C36 #3682AD #6136AD

monochromatic

#504819 #7E7227 #AD9C36 #CABA56 #D9CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AD9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C36

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C36	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b873',
    500: '#ad9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c36;
$custom-light: #c9b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68863,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C36

secondary

#7C86C2

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C36

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

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