#AD9F33#AD9F33

#AD9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F33
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -7.40, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 55.91, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0258 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2306, 33.9208, 8.0863)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F33 #3341AD

analogous

#AD6233 #AD9F33 #7EAD33

triadic

#AD9F33 #33AD9F #9F33AD

tetradic

#AD9F33 #33AD62 #3341AD #AD337E

square

#AD9F33 #33AD62 #3341AD #AD337E

split-complementary

#AD9F33 #337EAD #6233AD

monochromatic

#4E4817 #7E7425 #AD9F33 #CCBE51 #DAD081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AD9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F33

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb71',
    500: '#ad9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f33;
$custom-light: #c9bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69488,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F33

secondary

#7981C3

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F33

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

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