#ADAD27#ADAD27

#ADAD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.146 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD27
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -15.26, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 65.07, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.049 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5446, 38.9189, 7.7168)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD27 #2727AD

analogous

#AD6A27 #ADAD27 #6AAD27

triadic

#ADAD27 #27ADAD #AD27AD

tetradic

#ADAD27 #27AD6A #2727AD #AD276A

square

#ADAD27 #27AD6A #2727AD #AD276A

split-complementary

#ADAD27 #276AAD #6A27AD

monochromatic

#494910 #7B7B1C #ADAD27 #D3D33E #DFDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADAD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD27

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD27	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56d',
    500: '#adad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad27;
$custom-light: #c9c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72488,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD27

secondary

#6A6AC6

accent

#42E642

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD27

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

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