#ADAC27#ADAC27

#ADAC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC27
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -14.74, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 64.71, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0476 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3536, 38.5368, 7.6531)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC27 #2728AD

analogous

#AD6927 #ADAC27 #6BAD27

triadic

#ADAC27 #27ADAC #AC27AD

tetradic

#ADAC27 #27AD69 #2728AD #AD276B

square

#ADAC27 #27AD69 #2728AD #AD276B

split-complementary

#ADAC27 #276BAD #6927AD

monochromatic

#494910 #7B7A1C #ADAC27 #D3D23E #DFDE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ADAC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC27

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC27	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46d',
    500: '#adac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac27;
$custom-light: #c9c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC27

secondary

#6A6BC6

accent

#43E642

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC27

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

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