#AD9E31#AD9E31

#AD9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E31
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -6.97, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 56.35, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0248 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0162, 33.5610, 7.8020)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E31 #3140AD

analogous

#AD6031 #AD9E31 #7EAD31

triadic

#AD9E31 #31AD9E #9E31AD

tetradic

#AD9E31 #31AD60 #3140AD #AD317E

square

#AD9E31 #31AD60 #3140AD #AD317E

split-complementary

#AD9E31 #317EAD #6031AD

monochromatic

#4E4716 #7D7223 #AD9E31 #CDBE4E #DACF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E31

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba70',
    500: '#ad9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e31;
$custom-light: #c9ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69256,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E31

secondary

#7780C3

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E31

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

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