#ADA727#ADA727

#ADA727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.141 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA727
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -12.16, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 62.93, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0403 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.141 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4198, 36.6693, 7.3419)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA727 #272DAD

analogous

#AD6427 #ADA727 #70AD27

triadic

#ADA727 #27ADA7 #A727AD

tetradic

#ADA727 #27AD64 #272DAD #AD2770

square

#ADA727 #27AD64 #272DAD #AD2770

split-complementary

#ADA727 #2770AD #6427AD

monochromatic

#494710 #7B771C #ADA727 #D3CD3E #DFDA70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ADA727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#ADA727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA727

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA727	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.141 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06c',
    500: '#ada727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada727;
$custom-light: #c9c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA727

secondary

#6A6EC6

accent

#49E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA727

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

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