#AD9627#AD9627

#AD9627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.127 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9627
RGB	rgb(173, 150, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -3.14, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 57.57, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.015 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.127 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5076, 30.8450, 6.3712)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9627 #273EAD

analogous

#AD5327 #AD9627 #81AD27

triadic

#AD9627 #27AD96 #9627AD

tetradic

#AD9627 #27AD53 #273EAD #AD2781

square

#AD9627 #27AD53 #273EAD #AD2781

split-complementary

#AD9627 #2781AD #5327AD

monochromatic

#493F10 #7B6B1C #AD9627 #D3BA3E #DFCC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AD9627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AD9627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9627

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9627	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 150, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.127 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b46a',
    500: '#ad9627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9627;
$custom-light: #c9b46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67463,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9627

secondary

#6A7AC6

accent

#5EE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9627

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

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