#AD9D33#AD9D33

#AD9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D33
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -6.34, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 55.23, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0228 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8894, 33.2385, 7.9726)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D33 #3343AD

analogous

#AD6033 #AD9D33 #80AD33

triadic

#AD9D33 #33AD9D #9D33AD

tetradic

#AD9D33 #33AD60 #3343AD #AD3380

square

#AD9D33 #33AD60 #3343AD #AD3380

split-complementary

#AD9D33 #3380AD #6033AD

monochromatic

#4E4717 #7E7225 #AD9D33 #CCBC51 #DACE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AD9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D33

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D33	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b971',
    500: '#ad9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d33;
$custom-light: #c9b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69055,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D33

secondary

#7983C3

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D33

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

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