#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
RGB	rgb(173, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -6.65, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 53.95, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0232 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1513, 33.6151, 8.5139)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##AD9E37	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)

#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

Preview with #AD9E37

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

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