#ADAA2E#ADAA2E

#ADAA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA2E
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -13.42, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 61.68, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0432 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.1027, 37.8320, 8.1955)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA2E #2E31AD

analogous

#AD6B2E #ADAA2E #70AD2E

triadic

#ADAA2E #2EADAA #AA2EAD

tetradic

#ADAA2E #2EAD6B #2E31AD #AD2E70

square

#ADAA2E #2EAD6B #2E31AD #AD2E70

split-complementary

#ADAA2E #2E70AD #6B2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4B14 #7D7A21 #ADAA2E #CFCC49 #DCD97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#ADAA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA2E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA2E	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c370',
    500: '#adaa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa2e;
$custom-light: #c9c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71864,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.37831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA2E

secondary

#7375C4

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA2E

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

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