#AD9C38#AD9C38

#AD9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C38
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -5.52, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 52.85, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0199 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8372, 32.9481, 8.5286)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C38 #3849AD

analogous

#AD6138 #AD9C38 #84AD38

triadic

#AD9C38 #38AD9C #9C38AD

tetradic

#AD9C38 #38AD61 #3849AD #AD3884

square

#AD9C38 #38AD61 #3849AD #AD3884

split-complementary

#AD9C38 #3884AD #6138AD

monochromatic

#51491A #7F7229 #AD9C38 #C9B959 #D8CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AD9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C38

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b874',
    500: '#ad9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c38;
$custom-light: #c9b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68881,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C38

secondary

#7F88C2

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C38

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

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