#AD8D27#AD8D27

#AD8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.121 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D27
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 1.77, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 55.27, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.001 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.121 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1263, 28.0822, 5.9107)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D27 #2747AD

analogous

#AD4A27 #AD8D27 #8AAD27

triadic

#AD8D27 #27AD8D #8D27AD

tetradic

#AD8D27 #27AD4A #2747AD #AD278A

square

#AD8D27 #27AD4A #2747AD #AD278A

split-complementary

#AD8D27 #278AAD #4A27AD

monochromatic

#493C10 #7B641C #AD8D27 #D3B03E #DFC470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D27

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D27	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.121 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ad8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d27;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65556,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D27

secondary

#6A80C6

accent

#69E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D27

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

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