#ADAA22#ADAA22

#ADAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ADAA22
RGBrgb(173, 170, 34)
HSLhsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(59, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.84, -13.90, 63.97)
CIE-LCHlch(67.84, 65.46, 102.26°)
OKLaboklab(71.8% -0.0456 0.1385)
OKLCHoklch(71.8% 0.146 108.2)
XYZxyz(31.8983, 37.7503, 7.1193)
Luminance0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ADAA22 #2225AD
analogous
#AD6422 #ADAA22 #6AAD22
triadic
#ADAA22 #22ADAA #AA22AD
tetradic
#ADAA22 #22AD64 #2225AD #AD226A
square
#ADAA22 #22AD64 #2225AD #AD226A
split-complementary
#ADAA22 #226AAD #6422AD
monochromatic
#47450E #7A7818 #ADAA22 #D7D435 #E1DF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#ADAA22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#ADAA22 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA22
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ADAA22#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ADAA221.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA72E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9E91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #adaa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.146 108.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#adaa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #adaa22;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#adaa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ADAA22
secondary
#6466C7
accent
#41EA3E
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F7EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141207
muted
#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA22

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

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#ADAA22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva