#AD8E27#AD8E27

#AD8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E27
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 1.22, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 55.50, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0026 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.121 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2744, 28.3784, 5.9601)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E27 #2746AD

analogous

#AD4B27 #AD8E27 #89AD27

triadic

#AD8E27 #27AD8E #8E27AD

tetradic

#AD8E27 #27AD4B #2746AD #AD2789

square

#AD8E27 #27AD4B #2746AD #AD2789

split-complementary

#AD8E27 #2789AD #4B27AD

monochromatic

#493C10 #7B651C #AD8E27 #D3B13E #DFC570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E27

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E27	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caae69',
    500: '#ad8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e27;
$custom-light: #caae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65766,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E27

secondary

#6A7FC6

accent

#68E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E27

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

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