#AD9E34#AD9E34

#AD9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E34
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -6.82, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 55.17, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.024 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0816, 33.5872, 8.1466)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E34 #3443AD

analogous

#AD6234 #AD9E34 #80AD34

triadic

#AD9E34 #34AD9E #9E34AD

tetradic

#AD9E34 #34AD62 #3443AD #AD3480

square

#AD9E34 #34AD62 #3443AD #AD3480

split-complementary

#AD9E34 #3480AD #6234AD

monochromatic

#4F4818 #7E7326 #AD9E34 #CBBC53 #D9CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AD9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E34

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E34	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)

#AD9924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba72',
    500: '#ad9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e34;
$custom-light: #c9ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69279,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E34

secondary

#7A83C3

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E34

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

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