#ADA127#ADA127

#ADA127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA127
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -9.02, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 60.91, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0315 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3460, 34.5218, 6.9840)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA127 #2733AD

analogous

#AD5E27 #ADA127 #76AD27

triadic

#ADA127 #27ADA1 #A127AD

tetradic

#ADA127 #27AD5E #2733AD #AD2776

square

#ADA127 #27AD5E #2733AD #AD2776

split-complementary

#ADA127 #2776AD #5E27AD

monochromatic

#494410 #7B731C #ADA127 #D3C63E #DFD570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#ADA127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA127

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA127	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc6c',
    500: '#ada127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada127;
$custom-light: #c9bc6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69843,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA127

secondary

#6A72C6

accent

#50E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA127

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

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