#ADAF27#ADAF27

#ADAF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.148 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAF27
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -16.28, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 65.80, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0518 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.148 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9310, 39.6916, 7.8456)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAF27 #2927AF

analogous

#AF6D27 #ADAF27 #69AF27

triadic

#ADAF27 #27ADAF #AF27AD

tetradic

#ADAF27 #27AF6D #2927AF #AF2769

square

#ADAF27 #27AF6D #2927AF #AF2769

split-complementary

#ADAF27 #2769AF #6D27AF

monochromatic

#4A4B11 #7C7D1C #ADAF27 #D2D43F #DEDF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADAF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADAF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAF27

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAF27	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaf27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c66d',
    500: '#adaf27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaf27;
$custom-light: #c9c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaf27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72933,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAF27

secondary

#6D6BC6

accent

#41E744

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAF27

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

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