#AD9E28#AD9E28

#AD9E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E28
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -7.39, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 59.62, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0269 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8449, 33.4925, 6.8997)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E28 #2837AD

analogous

#AD5C28 #AD9E28 #7AAD28

triadic

#AD9E28 #28AD9E #9E28AD

tetradic

#AD9E28 #28AD5C #2837AD #AD287A

square

#AD9E28 #28AD5C #2837AD #AD287A

split-complementary

#AD9E28 #287AAD #5C28AD

monochromatic

#4A4311 #7B711D #AD9E28 #D3C23F #DED271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AD9E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E28

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E28	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)

#AD990E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6c',
    500: '#ad9e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e28;
$custom-light: #c9ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E28

secondary

#6C76C5

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E28

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

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