#AD9427#AD9427

#AD9427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9427
RGB	rgb(173, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -2.06, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 57.02, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0119 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.125 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1912, 30.2121, 6.2657)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9427 #2740AD

analogous

#AD5127 #AD9427 #83AD27

triadic

#AD9427 #27AD94 #9427AD

tetradic

#AD9427 #27AD51 #2740AD #AD2783

square

#AD9427 #27AD51 #2740AD #AD2783

split-complementary

#AD9427 #2783AD #5127AD

monochromatic

#493F10 #7B691C #AD9427 #D3B83E #DFCA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AD9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AD9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9427

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9427	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36a',
    500: '#ad9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9427;
$custom-light: #c9b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67036,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9427

secondary

#6A7BC6

accent

#60E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9427

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

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