#ADAA27#ADAA27

#ADAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.143 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA27
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -13.71, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 63.99, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0447 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.143 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9758, 37.7812, 7.5272)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA27 #272AAD

analogous

#AD6727 #ADAA27 #6DAD27

triadic

#ADAA27 #27ADAA #AA27AD

tetradic

#ADAA27 #27AD67 #272AAD #AD276D

square

#ADAA27 #27AD67 #272AAD #AD276D

split-complementary

#ADAA27 #276DAD #6727AD

monochromatic

#494810 #7B791C #ADAA27 #D3D03E #DFDC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA27

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA27	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.143 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36d',
    500: '#adaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa27;
$custom-light: #c9c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA27

secondary

#6A6CC6

accent

#45E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA27

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

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