#AD9E26#AD9E26

#AD9E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E26
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -7.47, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 60.28, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0273 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8117, 33.4793, 6.7252)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E26 #2635AD

analogous

#AD5B26 #AD9E26 #79AD26

triadic

#AD9E26 #26AD9E #9E26AD

tetradic

#AD9E26 #26AD5B #2635AD #AD2679

square

#AD9E26 #26AD5B #2635AD #AD2679

split-complementary

#AD9E26 #2679AD #5B26AD

monochromatic

#494210 #7B701B #AD9E26 #D4C33C #DFD36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AD9E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E26

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E26	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6b',
    500: '#ad9e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e26;
$custom-light: #c9ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69183,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E26

secondary

#6973C6

accent

#53E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E26

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

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