#AD8F27#AD8F27

#AD8F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F27
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 0.67, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 55.74, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0041 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4238, 28.6773, 6.0099)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F27 #2745AD

analogous

#AD4C27 #AD8F27 #88AD27

triadic

#AD8F27 #27AD8F #8F27AD

tetradic

#AD8F27 #27AD4C #2745AD #AD2788

square

#AD8F27 #27AD4C #2745AD #AD2788

split-complementary

#AD8F27 #2788AD #4C27AD

monochromatic

#493C10 #7B661C #AD8F27 #D3B23E #DFC670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AD8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#AD8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F27

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F27	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf69',
    500: '#ad8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f27;
$custom-light: #caaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65977,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F27

secondary

#6A7FC6

accent

#66E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F27

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →