#AD9E30#AD9E30

#AD9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E30
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -7.02, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 56.73, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.025 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9953, 33.5527, 7.6921)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E30 #303FAD

analogous

#AD5F30 #AD9E30 #7DAD30

triadic

#AD9E30 #30AD9E #9E30AD

tetradic

#AD9E30 #30AD5F #303FAD #AD307D

square

#AD9E30 #30AD5F #303FAD #AD307D

split-complementary

#AD9E30 #307DAD #5F30AD

monochromatic

#4D4615 #7D7223 #AD9E30 #CEBE4D #DBD07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E30

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E30	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba70',
    500: '#ad9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e30;
$custom-light: #c9ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69249,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E30

secondary

#757FC3

accent

#5AE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E30

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

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