#ADA22C#ADA22C
#ADA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.133 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADA22C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 162, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 59%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 75%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 74.6%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.68, -9.33, 58.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.68, 59.55, 99.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.09% -0.032 0.1294) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.09% 0.133 103.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.6099, 34.9080, 7.5079) |
| Luminance | 0.3491 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.63
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.69
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.04
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.52
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.22
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA22C #2C37AD
analogous
#AD622C #ADA22C #77AD2C
triadic
#ADA22C #2CADA2 #A22CAD
tetradic
#ADA22C #2CAD62 #2C37AD #AD2C77
square
#ADA22C #2CAD62 #2C37AD #AD2C77
split-complementary
#ADA22C #2C77AD #622CAD
monochromatic
#4B4713 #7C7420 #ADA22C #D0C446 #DCD477
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#ADA22C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.98
#ADA22C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA22C
7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA22C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA22C | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.98 | 7.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19C15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A235
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA978B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada22c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.133 103.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9bd6e',
500: '#ada22c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada22c; $custom-light: #c9bd6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada22c",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 162,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.884,
"s": 59.447,
"l": 42.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70092,
"c": 0.1333,
"h": 103.9
},
"luminance": 0.34907
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA22C
secondary
#7178C4
accent
#53E345
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#82817B