#ADAA25#ADAA25

#ADAA25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA25
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -13.79, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 64.60, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0451 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9435, 37.7683, 7.3573)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA25 #2528AD

analogous

#AD6625 #ADAA25 #6CAD25

triadic

#ADAA25 #25ADAA #AA25AD

tetradic

#ADAA25 #25AD66 #2528AD #AD256C

square

#ADAA25 #25AD66 #2528AD #AD256C

split-complementary

#ADAA25 #256CAD #6625AD

monochromatic

#48470F #7B781A #ADAA25 #D5D23A #E0DD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADAA25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ADAA25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA25

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA25	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)

#BBA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36c',
    500: '#adaa25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa25;
$custom-light: #c9c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71812,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA25

secondary

#686AC6

accent

#44E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA25

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

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