#ADA427#ADA427

#ADA427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA427
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -10.59, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 61.91, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.036 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8766, 35.5829, 7.1608)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA427 #2730AD

analogous

#AD6127 #ADA427 #73AD27

triadic

#ADA427 #27ADA4 #A427AD

tetradic

#ADA427 #27AD61 #2730AD #AD2773

square

#ADA427 #27AD61 #2730AD #AD2773

split-complementary

#ADA427 #2773AD #6127AD

monochromatic

#494510 #7B751C #ADA427 #D3C93E #DFD770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA427

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA427	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6c',
    500: '#ada427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada427;
$custom-light: #c9be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.705,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA427

secondary

#6A70C6

accent

#4DE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA427

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

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