#AD9F28#AD9F28

#AD9F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F28
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -7.92, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 59.93, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0284 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0161, 33.8350, 6.9568)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F28 #2836AD

analogous

#AD5D28 #AD9F28 #79AD28

triadic

#AD9F28 #28AD9F #9F28AD

tetradic

#AD9F28 #28AD5D #2836AD #AD2879

square

#AD9F28 #28AD5D #2836AD #AD2879

split-complementary

#AD9F28 #2879AD #5D28AD

monochromatic

#4A4411 #7B711D #AD9F28 #D3C33F #DED371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD9F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F28

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F28	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6c',
    500: '#ad9f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f28;
$custom-light: #c9bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69412,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F28

secondary

#6C75C5

accent

#53E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F28

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

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