#AD9527#AD9527

#AD9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.126 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9527
RGB	rgb(173, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -2.60, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 57.30, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0134 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.126 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3487, 30.5272, 6.3182)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9527 #273FAD

analogous

#AD5227 #AD9527 #82AD27

triadic

#AD9527 #27AD95 #9527AD

tetradic

#AD9527 #27AD52 #273FAD #AD2782

square

#AD9527 #27AD52 #273FAD #AD2782

split-complementary

#AD9527 #2782AD #5227AD

monochromatic

#493F10 #7B6A1C #AD9527 #D3B93E #DFCB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AD9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AD9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9527

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9527	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.126 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36a',
    500: '#ad9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9527;
$custom-light: #c9b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6725,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9527

secondary

#6A7BC6

accent

#5FE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9527

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

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