#AD9D34#AD9D34

#AD9D34 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	#AD9D34
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -6.28, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 54.83, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0225 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9117, 33.2475, 8.0900)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D34 #3444AD

analogous

#AD6134 #AD9D34 #81AD34

triadic

#AD9D34 #34AD9D #9D34AD

tetradic

#AD9D34 #34AD61 #3444AD #AD3481

square

#AD9D34 #34AD61 #3444AD #AD3481

split-complementary

#AD9D34 #3481AD #6134AD

monochromatic

#4F4818 #7E7226 #AD9D34 #CBBB53 #D9CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AD9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D34

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D34	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)

#AC9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b972',
    500: '#ad9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d34;
$custom-light: #c9b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69063,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D34

secondary

#7A84C3

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D34

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

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