#AD9E29#AD9E29

#AD9E29 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	#AD9E29
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -7.35, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 59.27, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0267 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8621, 33.4994, 6.9905)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E29 #2938AD

analogous

#AD5C29 #AD9E29 #7AAD29

triadic

#AD9E29 #29AD9E #9E29AD

tetradic

#AD9E29 #29AD5C #2938AD #AD297A

square

#AD9E29 #29AD5C #2938AD #AD297A

split-complementary

#AD9E29 #297AAD #5C29AD

monochromatic

#4A4412 #7C711D #AD9E29 #D2C241 #DED273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AD9E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AD9E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E29

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E29	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)

#AD9910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba6c',
    500: '#ad9e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e29;
$custom-light: #c9ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69201,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E29

secondary

#6D77C5

accent

#55E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E29

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

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