#AD9F27#AD9F27

#AD9F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9F27
RGB	rgb(173, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -7.96, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 60.27, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0286 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.134 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9993, 33.8283, 6.8684)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9F27 #2735AD

analogous

#AD5C27 #AD9F27 #78AD27

triadic

#AD9F27 #27AD9F #9F27AD

tetradic

#AD9F27 #27AD5C #2735AD #AD2778

square

#AD9F27 #27AD5C #2735AD #AD2778

split-complementary

#AD9F27 #2778AD #5C27AD

monochromatic

#494310 #7B711C #AD9F27 #D3C43E #DFD370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AD9F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AD9F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9F27

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9F27	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6b',
    500: '#ad9f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9f27;
$custom-light: #c9bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69407,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9F27

secondary

#6A74C6

accent

#53E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9F27

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

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