#AD9E36#AD9E36

#AD9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9E36
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -6.71, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 54.36, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0235 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(30.1276, 33.6056, 8.3889)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9E36 #3645AD

analogous

#AD6336 #AD9E36 #81AD36

triadic

#AD9E36 #36AD9E #9E36AD

tetradic

#AD9E36 #36AD63 #3645AD #AD3681

square

#AD9E36 #36AD63 #3645AD #AD3681

split-complementary

#AD9E36 #3681AD #6336AD

monochromatic

#504919 #7E7327 #AD9E36 #CABC56 #D9CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AD9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AD9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E36

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9E36	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)

#AD9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba73',
    500: '#ad9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9e36;
$custom-light: #c9ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69296,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.33604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9E36

secondary

#7C85C2

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9E36

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

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