#ADB727#ADB727

#ADB727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.157 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB727
RGB	rgb(173, 183, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 78.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -20.31, 65.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 68.83, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.063 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.157 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5344, 42.8984, 8.3801)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB727 #3127B7

analogous

#B77927 #ADB727 #65B727

triadic

#ADB727 #27ADB7 #B727AD

tetradic

#ADB727 #27B779 #3127B7 #B72765

square

#ADB727 #27B779 #3127B7 #B72765

split-complementary

#ADB727 #2765B7 #7927B7

monochromatic

#4E5211 #7D851C #ADB727 #CDD744 #DAE276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ADB727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#ADB727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB727

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB727	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 183, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.157 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cc6e',
    500: '#adb727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb727;
$custom-light: #c9cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74724,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB727

secondary

#7770C9

accent

#40E84C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB727

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

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