#AD9D31#AD9D31

#AD9D31 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	#AD9D31
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -6.44, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 56.02, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0233 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8463, 33.2213, 7.7454)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D31 #3141AD

analogous

#AD5F31 #AD9D31 #7FAD31

triadic

#AD9D31 #31AD9D #9D31AD

tetradic

#AD9D31 #31AD5F #3141AD #AD317F

square

#AD9D31 #31AD5F #3141AD #AD317F

split-complementary

#AD9D31 #317FAD #5F31AD

monochromatic

#4E4616 #7D7223 #AD9D31 #CDBD4E #DACF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AD9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D31

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D31	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)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b970',
    500: '#ad9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d31;
$custom-light: #c9b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69039,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D31

secondary

#7780C3

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D31

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

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