#AD9827#AD9827

#AD9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9827
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -4.22, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 58.14, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.018 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8295, 31.4887, 6.4785)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9827 #273CAD

analogous

#AD5527 #AD9827 #7FAD27

triadic

#AD9827 #27AD98 #9827AD

tetradic

#AD9827 #27AD55 #273CAD #AD277F

square

#AD9827 #27AD55 #273CAD #AD277F

split-complementary

#AD9827 #277FAD #5527AD

monochromatic

#494010 #7B6C1C #AD9827 #D3BC3E #DFCD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AD9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AD9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9827

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9827	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56b',
    500: '#ad9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9827;
$custom-light: #c9b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9827

secondary

#6A79C6

accent

#5BE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9827

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

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