#AD9F36#AD9F36

#AD9F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F36
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -7.24, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 54.71, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.025 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2989, 33.9481, 8.4460)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F36 #3644AD

analogous

#AD6436 #AD9F36 #80AD36

triadic

#AD9F36 #36AD9F #9F36AD

tetradic

#AD9F36 #36AD64 #3644AD #AD3680

square

#AD9F36 #36AD64 #3644AD #AD3680

split-complementary

#AD9F36 #3680AD #6436AD

monochromatic

#504919 #7E7427 #AD9F36 #CABD56 #D9CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AD9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F36

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F36	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)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb73',
    500: '#ad9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f36;
$custom-light: #c9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69513,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F36

secondary

#7C85C2

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F36

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

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