#AD9E27#AD9E27
#AD9E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AD9E27 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 158, 39) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 63%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 77%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 77.5%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.55, -7.43, 59.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.55, 59.95, 97.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.19% -0.0271 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.19% 0.133 101.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.8281, 33.4858, 6.8113) |
| Luminance | 0.3348 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.07
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.65
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.80
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.28
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.31
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AD9E27 #2736AD
analogous
#AD5B27 #AD9E27 #79AD27
triadic
#AD9E27 #27AD9E #9E27AD
tetradic
#AD9E27 #27AD5B #2736AD #AD2779
square
#AD9E27 #27AD5B #2736AD #AD2779
split-complementary
#AD9E27 #2779AD #5B27AD
monochromatic
#494310 #7B701C #AD9E27 #D3C33E #DFD270
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.73
#AD9E27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.70
#AD9E27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AD9E27
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AD9E27 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AD9E27 | 1.00 | 2.73 | 7.70 | 7.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD990B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B29F30
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB9288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ad9e27; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 158, 39); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.133 101.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9ba6b',
500: '#ad9e27',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ad9e27; $custom-light: #c9ba6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ad9e27",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 158,
"b": 39
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.284,
"s": 63.208,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69189,
"c": 0.13267,
"h": 101.8
},
"luminance": 0.33484
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AD9E27
secondary
#6A74C6
accent
#54E642
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A