#AD9D37#AD9D37

#AD9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D37
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -6.12, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 53.61, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0217 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9815, 33.2754, 8.4572)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D37 #3747AD

analogous

#AD6237 #AD9D37 #82AD37

triadic

#AD9D37 #37AD9D #9D37AD

tetradic

#AD9D37 #37AD62 #3747AD #AD3782

square

#AD9D37 #37AD62 #3747AD #AD3782

split-complementary

#AD9D37 #3782AD #6237AD

monochromatic

#504919 #7F7328 #AD9D37 #CABA57 #D8CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AD9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AD9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D37

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b973',
    500: '#ad9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d37;
$custom-light: #c9b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69088,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D37

secondary

#7D87C2

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D37

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

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