#ADA22D#ADA22D

#ADA22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA22D
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -9.29, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 59.19, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0317 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6289, 34.9156, 7.6081)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA22D #2D38AD

analogous

#AD622D #ADA22D #78AD2D

triadic

#ADA22D #2DADA2 #A22DAD

tetradic

#ADA22D #2DAD62 #2D38AD #AD2D78

square

#ADA22D #2DAD62 #2D38AD #AD2D78

split-complementary

#ADA22D #2D78AD #622DAD

monochromatic

#4C4714 #7C7520 #ADA22D #CFC448 #DCD378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ADA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA22D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA22D	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)

#B19C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6f',
    500: '#ada22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada22d;
$custom-light: #c9bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA22D

secondary

#7279C4

accent

#53E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA22D

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

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