#AD9B27#AD9B27

#AD9B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9B27
RGB	rgb(173, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -5.83, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 59.03, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0226 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(29.3226, 32.4748, 6.6428)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9B27 #2739AD

analogous

#AD5827 #AD9B27 #7CAD27

triadic

#AD9B27 #27AD9B #9B27AD

tetradic

#AD9B27 #27AD58 #2739AD #AD277C

square

#AD9B27 #27AD58 #2739AD #AD277C

split-complementary

#AD9B27 #277CAD #5827AD

monochromatic

#494210 #7B6E1C #AD9B27 #D3BF3E #DFD070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AD9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AD9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9B27

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9B27	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA970D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86b',
    500: '#ad9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9b27;
$custom-light: #c9b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68539,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.32473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9B27

secondary

#6A77C6

accent

#58E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9B27

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

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