#ADAA2C#ADAA2C

#ADAA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA2C
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -13.51, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 62.37, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0437 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0642, 37.8166, 7.9927)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA2C #2C2FAD

analogous

#AD6A2C #ADAA2C #6FAD2C

triadic

#ADAA2C #2CADAA #AA2CAD

tetradic

#ADAA2C #2CAD6A #2C2FAD #AD2C6F

square

#ADAA2C #2CAD6A #2C2FAD #AD2C6F

split-complementary

#ADAA2C #2C6FAD #6A2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4A13 #7C7A20 #ADAA2C #D0CD46 #DCDA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADAA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA2C

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA2C	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)

#B8A311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36f',
    500: '#adaa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa2c;
$custom-light: #c9c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA2C

secondary

#7172C4

accent

#49E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA2C

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

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