#AD9D38#AD9D38

#AD9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D38
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -6.06, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 53.19, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0214 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0057, 33.2850, 8.5848)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D38 #3848AD

analogous

#AD6338 #AD9D38 #82AD38

triadic

#AD9D38 #38AD9D #9D38AD

tetradic

#AD9D38 #38AD63 #3848AD #AD3882

square

#AD9D38 #38AD63 #3848AD #AD3882

split-complementary

#AD9D38 #3882AD #6338AD

monochromatic

#51491A #7F7329 #AD9D38 #C9BA59 #D8CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AD9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AD9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D38

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D38	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b974',
    500: '#ad9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d38;
$custom-light: #c9b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69097,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D38

secondary

#7F88C2

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D38

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

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