#AD9E33#AD9E33

#AD9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E33
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -6.87, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 55.57, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0243 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0593, 33.5783, 8.0292)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E33 #3342AD

analogous

#AD6133 #AD9E33 #7FAD33

triadic

#AD9E33 #33AD9E #9E33AD

tetradic

#AD9E33 #33AD61 #3342AD #AD337F

square

#AD9E33 #33AD61 #3342AD #AD337F

split-complementary

#AD9E33 #337FAD #6133AD

monochromatic

#4E4817 #7E7325 #AD9E33 #CCBD51 #DACF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AD9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E33

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E33	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba71',
    500: '#ad9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e33;
$custom-light: #c9ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69271,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E33

secondary

#7982C3

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E33

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

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