#ADA22E#ADA22E

#ADA22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.132 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA22E
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -9.24, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 58.83, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0315 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.132 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6484, 34.9234, 7.7107)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA22E #2E39AD

analogous

#AD622E #ADA22E #78AD2E

triadic

#ADA22E #2EADA2 #A22EAD

tetradic

#ADA22E #2EAD62 #2E39AD #AD2E78

square

#ADA22E #2EAD62 #2E39AD #AD2E78

split-complementary

#ADA22E #2E78AD #622EAD

monochromatic

#4C4714 #7D7521 #ADA22E #CFC349 #DCD37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ADA22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA22E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA22E	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)

#B19C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.132 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6f',
    500: '#ada22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada22e;
$custom-light: #c9bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70105,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA22E

secondary

#737AC4

accent

#54E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA22E

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

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