#ADAA28#ADAA28

#ADAA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.143 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA28
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -13.67, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 63.68, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0445 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.143 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9926, 37.7880, 7.6156)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA28 #282BAD

analogous

#AD6828 #ADAA28 #6DAD28

triadic

#ADAA28 #28ADAA #AA28AD

tetradic

#ADAA28 #28AD68 #282BAD #AD286D

square

#ADAA28 #28AD68 #282BAD #AD286D

split-complementary

#ADAA28 #286DAD #6828AD

monochromatic

#4A4811 #7B791D #ADAA28 #D3CF3F #DEDC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADAA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA28

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA28	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.143 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36d',
    500: '#adaa28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa28;
$custom-light: #c9c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA28

secondary

#6C6EC5

accent

#46E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA28

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

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