#ADAB27#ADAB27

#ADAB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAB27
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -14.23, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 64.35, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0461 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1640, 38.1576, 7.5899)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAB27 #2729AD

analogous

#AD6827 #ADAB27 #6CAD27

triadic

#ADAB27 #27ADAB #AB27AD

tetradic

#ADAB27 #27AD68 #2729AD #AD276C

square

#ADAB27 #27AD68 #2729AD #AD276C

split-complementary

#ADAB27 #276CAD #6827AD

monochromatic

#494810 #7B7A1C #ADAB27 #D3D13E #DFDD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ADAB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAB27

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAB27	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adab27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36d',
    500: '#adab27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adab27;
$custom-light: #c9c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adab27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72044,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAB27

secondary

#6A6CC6

accent

#44E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAB27

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

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