#AD9F34#AD9F34

#AD9F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F34
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -7.35, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 55.51, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0255 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2529, 33.9297, 8.2037)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F34 #3442AD

analogous

#AD6334 #AD9F34 #7FAD34

triadic

#AD9F34 #34AD9F #9F34AD

tetradic

#AD9F34 #34AD63 #3442AD #AD347F

square

#AD9F34 #34AD63 #3442AD #AD347F

split-complementary

#AD9F34 #347FAD #6334AD

monochromatic

#4F4918 #7E7426 #AD9F34 #CBBD53 #D9CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AD9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F34

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F34	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb72',
    500: '#ad9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f34;
$custom-light: #c9bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69496,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F34

secondary

#7A82C3

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F34

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

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