#AD9D30#AD9D30

#AD9D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D30
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -6.49, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 56.40, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0235 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8254, 33.2129, 7.6355)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D30 #3040AD

analogous

#AD5E30 #AD9D30 #7EAD30

triadic

#AD9D30 #30AD9D #9D30AD

tetradic

#AD9D30 #30AD5E #3040AD #AD307E

square

#AD9D30 #30AD5E #3040AD #AD307E

split-complementary

#AD9D30 #307EAD #5E30AD

monochromatic

#4D4615 #7D7223 #AD9D30 #CEBD4D #DBCF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AD9D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D30

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D30	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC981E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b970',
    500: '#ad9d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d30;
$custom-light: #c9b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69032,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D30

secondary

#757FC3

accent

#5BE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D30

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

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