#ADAA23#ADAA23

#ADAA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA23
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -13.86, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 65.18, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0454 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9130, 37.7561, 7.1964)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA23 #2326AD

analogous

#AD6523 #ADAA23 #6BAD23

triadic

#ADAA23 #23ADAA #AA23AD

tetradic

#ADAA23 #23AD65 #2326AD #AD236B

square

#ADAA23 #23AD65 #2326AD #AD236B

split-complementary

#ADAA23 #236BAD #6523AD

monochromatic

#47460E #7A7819 #ADAA23 #D6D337 #E1DE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ADAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA23

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA23	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#adaa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa23;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71802,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA23

secondary

#6567C7

accent

#42E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA23

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

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