#AD9927#AD9927

#AD9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9927
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -4.76, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 58.43, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0195 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.129 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9925, 31.8147, 6.5328)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9927 #273BAD

analogous

#AD5627 #AD9927 #7EAD27

triadic

#AD9927 #27AD99 #9927AD

tetradic

#AD9927 #27AD56 #273BAD #AD277E

square

#AD9927 #27AD56 #273BAD #AD277E

split-complementary

#AD9927 #277EAD #5627AD

monochromatic

#494110 #7B6D1C #AD9927 #D3BD3E #DFCE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AD9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AD9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9927

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9927	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66b',
    500: '#ad9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9927;
$custom-light: #c9b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68107,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9927

secondary

#6A78C6

accent

#5AE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9927

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

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