#ADAA2A#ADAA2A

#ADAA2A 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	#ADAA2A
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -13.59, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 63.03, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0441 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.142 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0275, 37.8019, 7.7995)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA2A #2A2DAD

analogous

#AD692A #ADAA2A #6FAD2A

triadic

#ADAA2A #2AADAA #AA2AAD

tetradic

#ADAA2A #2AAD69 #2A2DAD #AD2A6F

square

#ADAA2A #2AAD69 #2A2DAD #AD2A6F

split-complementary

#ADAA2A #2A6FAD #692AAD

monochromatic

#4B4912 #7C7A1E #ADAA2A #D1CE43 #DDDB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADAA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA2A

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA2A	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)

#B8A30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36e',
    500: '#adaa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa2a;
$custom-light: #c9c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71839,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA2A

secondary

#6E70C5

accent

#47E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA2A

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

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