#ADAA24#ADAA24

#ADAA24 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	#ADAA24
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -13.83, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 64.89, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0452 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9280, 37.7621, 7.2757)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA24 #2427AD

analogous

#AD6524 #ADAA24 #6BAD24

triadic

#ADAA24 #24ADAA #AA24AD

tetradic

#ADAA24 #24AD65 #2427AD #AD246B

square

#ADAA24 #24AD65 #2427AD #AD246B

split-complementary

#ADAA24 #246BAD #6524AD

monochromatic

#48460F #7A7819 #ADAA24 #D6D239 #E0DE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADAA24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ADAA24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA24

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA24	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)

#BBA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#adaa24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa24;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71807,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA24

secondary

#6669C6

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA24

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

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