#AD9E32#AD9E32

#AD9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E32
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -6.92, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 55.96, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0245 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0375, 33.5696, 7.9144)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E32 #3241AD

analogous

#AD6032 #AD9E32 #7EAD32

triadic

#AD9E32 #32AD9E #9E32AD

tetradic

#AD9E32 #32AD60 #3241AD #AD327E

square

#AD9E32 #32AD60 #3241AD #AD327E

split-complementary

#AD9E32 #327EAD #6032AD

monochromatic

#4E4717 #7E7324 #AD9E32 #CCBD50 #DACF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AD9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E32

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E32	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)

#AD9921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba71',
    500: '#ad9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e32;
$custom-light: #c9ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E32

secondary

#7881C3

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E32

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

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