#AD9E35#AD9E35

#AD9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E35
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -6.76, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 54.77, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0237 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(30.1044, 33.5963, 8.2665)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E35 #3544AD

analogous

#AD6235 #AD9E35 #80AD35

triadic

#AD9E35 #35AD9E #9E35AD

tetradic

#AD9E35 #35AD62 #3544AD #AD3580

square

#AD9E35 #35AD62 #3544AD #AD3580

split-complementary

#AD9E35 #3580AD #6235AD

monochromatic

#4F4818 #7E7327 #AD9E35 #CBBC54 #D9CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AD9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E35

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E35	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)

#AD9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba72',
    500: '#ad9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e35;
$custom-light: #c9ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.33595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E35

secondary

#7B84C3

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E35

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

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