#AD9227#AD9227

#AD9227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.124 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9227
RGB	rgb(173, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -0.97, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 56.50, 90.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0088 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.124 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8802, 29.5901, 6.1620)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9227 #2742AD

analogous

#AD4F27 #AD9227 #85AD27

triadic

#AD9227 #27AD92 #9227AD

tetradic

#AD9227 #27AD4F #2742AD #AD2785

square

#AD9227 #27AD4F #2742AD #AD2785

split-complementary

#AD9227 #2785AD #4F27AD

monochromatic

#493E10 #7B681C #AD9227 #D3B53E #DFC870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AD9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AD9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9227

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9227	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.124 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab16a',
    500: '#ad9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9227;
$custom-light: #cab16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66611,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9227

secondary

#6A7DC6

accent

#63E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9227

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

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