#AD9F26#AD9F26

#AD9F26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F26
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 38)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -8.00, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 60.60, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0288 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.134 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9830, 33.8218, 6.7823)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F26 #2634AD

analogous

#AD5C26 #AD9F26 #78AD26

triadic

#AD9F26 #26AD9F #9F26AD

tetradic

#AD9F26 #26AD5C #2634AD #AD2678

square

#AD9F26 #26AD5C #2634AD #AD2678

split-complementary

#AD9F26 #2678AD #5C26AD

monochromatic

#494310 #7B711B #AD9F26 #D4C43C #DFD36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AD9F26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F26

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F26	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6b',
    500: '#ad9f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f26;
$custom-light: #c9bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69401,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F26

secondary

#6973C6

accent

#52E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F26

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

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