#AD9F37#AD9F37

#AD9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F37
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -7.18, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 54.30, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0247 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.123 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3226, 33.9576, 8.5709)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F37 #3745AD

analogous

#AD6437 #AD9F37 #80AD37

triadic

#AD9F37 #37AD9F #9F37AD

tetradic

#AD9F37 #37AD64 #3745AD #AD3780

square

#AD9F37 #37AD64 #3745AD #AD3780

split-complementary

#AD9F37 #3780AD #6437AD

monochromatic

#504A19 #7F7428 #AD9F37 #CABC57 #D8CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AD9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F37

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F37	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)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb74',
    500: '#ad9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f37;
$custom-light: #c9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69521,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F37

secondary

#7D86C2

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F37

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

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