#AD9F35#AD9F35

#AD9F35 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	#AD9F35
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -7.30, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 55.11, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0253 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2756, 33.9389, 8.3236)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F35 #3543AD

analogous

#AD6335 #AD9F35 #7FAD35

triadic

#AD9F35 #35AD9F #9F35AD

tetradic

#AD9F35 #35AD63 #3543AD #AD357F

square

#AD9F35 #35AD63 #3543AD #AD357F

split-complementary

#AD9F35 #357FAD #6335AD

monochromatic

#4F4918 #7E7427 #AD9F35 #CBBD54 #D9CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AD9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F35

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F35	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)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb73',
    500: '#ad9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f35;
$custom-light: #c9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69504,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F35

secondary

#7B84C3

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F35

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

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