#AD9D27#AD9D27

#AD9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9D27
RGB	rgb(173, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -6.90, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 59.64, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0256 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6582, 33.1460, 6.7547)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9D27 #2737AD

analogous

#AD5A27 #AD9D27 #7AAD27

triadic

#AD9D27 #27AD9D #9D27AD

tetradic

#AD9D27 #27AD5A #2737AD #AD277A

square

#AD9D27 #27AD5A #2737AD #AD277A

split-complementary

#AD9D27 #277AAD #5A27AD

monochromatic

#494210 #7B701C #AD9D27 #D3C23E #DFD170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AD9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AD9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9D27

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9D27	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b96b',
    500: '#ad9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9d27;
$custom-light: #c9b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68972,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9D27

secondary

#6A75C6

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9D27

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

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