#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
RGBrgb(173, 156, 56)
HSLhsl(51, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(51, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.12, -5.52, 52.56)
CIE-LCHlch(64.12, 52.85, 96.00°)
OKLaboklab(68.88% -0.0199 0.1184)
OKLCHoklch(68.88% 0.12 99.5)
XYZxyz(29.8372, 32.9481, 8.5286)
Luminance0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##AD9C381.002.777.597.59
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5921.001.001.00
##0000007.5921.001.001.00

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

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#AD9C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva