#AD9F30#AD9F30

#AD9F30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F30
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -7.56, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 57.07, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0265 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1666, 33.8952, 7.7492)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F30 #303EAD

analogous

#AD6030 #AD9F30 #7CAD30

triadic

#AD9F30 #30AD9F #9F30AD

tetradic

#AD9F30 #30AD60 #303EAD #AD307C

square

#AD9F30 #30AD60 #303EAD #AD307C

split-complementary

#AD9F30 #307CAD #6030AD

monochromatic

#4D4715 #7D7323 #AD9F30 #CEBF4D #DBD07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AD9F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F30

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F30	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb70',
    500: '#ad9f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f30;
$custom-light: #c9bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69466,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F30

secondary

#757EC3

accent

#59E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F30

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

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