#ADAA26#ADAA26

#ADAA26 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	#ADAA26
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -13.75, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 64.30, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0449 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9594, 37.7747, 7.4411)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA26 #2629AD

analogous

#AD6726 #ADAA26 #6DAD26

triadic

#ADAA26 #26ADAA #AA26AD

tetradic

#ADAA26 #26AD67 #2629AD #AD266D

square

#ADAA26 #26AD67 #2629AD #AD266D

split-complementary

#ADAA26 #266DAD #6726AD

monochromatic

#494710 #7B791B #ADAA26 #D4D13C #DFDD6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ADAA26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA26

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA26	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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: #adaa26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36c',
    500: '#adaa26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa26;
$custom-light: #c9c36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA26

secondary

#696BC6

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA26

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

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