#ADAA2B#ADAA2B

#ADAA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA2B
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -13.55, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 62.70, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0439 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0456, 37.8092, 7.8949)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA2B #2B2EAD

analogous

#AD692B #ADAA2B #6FAD2B

triadic

#ADAA2B #2BADAA #AA2BAD

tetradic

#ADAA2B #2BAD69 #2B2EAD #AD2B6F

square

#ADAA2B #2BAD69 #2B2EAD #AD2B6F

split-complementary

#ADAA2B #2B6FAD #692BAD

monochromatic

#4B4A13 #7C7A1F #ADAA2B #D1CD45 #DDDA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADAA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA2B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA2B	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)

#B8A30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36f',
    500: '#adaa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa2b;
$custom-light: #c9c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71845,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA2B

secondary

#6F71C4

accent

#48E344

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA2B

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

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