#AD9E37#AD9E37

#AD9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD9E37
RGBrgb(173, 158, 55)
HSLhsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSVhsv(52, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.66, -6.65, 53.54)
CIE-LCHlch(64.66, 53.95, 97.08°)
OKLaboklab(69.3% -0.0232 0.1203)
OKLCHoklch(69.3% 0.122 100.9)
XYZxyz(30.1513, 33.6151, 8.5139)
Luminance0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD9E37 #3746AD
analogous
#AD6337 #AD9E37 #81AD37
triadic
#AD9E37 #37AD9E #9E37AD
tetradic
#AD9E37 #37AD63 #3746AD #AD3781
square
#AD9E37 #37AD63 #3746AD #AD3781
split-complementary
#AD9E37 #3781AD #6337AD
monochromatic
#504919 #7F7428 #AD9E37 #CABB57 #D8CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#AD9E37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72
#AD9E37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9E37
7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD9E37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD9E371.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9929
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.122 100.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ba74',
    500: '#ad9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad9e37;
$custom-light: #c9ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69304,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD9E37
secondary
#7D86C2
accent
#5FDB4D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

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#AD9E37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva