#ADAA29#ADAA29

#ADAA29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA29
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -13.63, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 63.36, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0443 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.142 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0098, 37.7949, 7.7064)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA29 #292CAD

analogous

#AD6829 #ADAA29 #6EAD29

triadic

#ADAA29 #29ADAA #AA29AD

tetradic

#ADAA29 #29AD68 #292CAD #AD296E

square

#ADAA29 #29AD68 #292CAD #AD296E

split-complementary

#ADAA29 #296EAD #6829AD

monochromatic

#4A4912 #7C791D #ADAA29 #D2CF41 #DEDB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADAA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA29

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA29	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)

#B8A308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36e',
    500: '#adaa29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa29;
$custom-light: #c9c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA29

secondary

#6D6FC5

accent

#47E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA29

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

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