#AD9D35#AD9D35

#AD9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D35
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -6.23, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 54.43, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0222 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9345, 33.2566, 8.2099)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D35 #3545AD

analogous

#AD6135 #AD9D35 #81AD35

triadic

#AD9D35 #35AD9D #9D35AD

tetradic

#AD9D35 #35AD61 #3545AD #AD3581

square

#AD9D35 #35AD61 #3545AD #AD3581

split-complementary

#AD9D35 #3581AD #6135AD

monochromatic

#4F4818 #7E7227 #AD9D35 #CBBB54 #D9CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AD9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AD9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D35

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D35	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b972',
    500: '#ad9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d35;
$custom-light: #c9b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69071,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D35

secondary

#7B85C3

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D35

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

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