#ADAA31#ADAA31

#ADAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA31
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -13.27, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 60.61, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0425 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(32.1639, 37.8565, 8.5179)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA31 #3134AD

analogous

#AD6C31 #ADAA31 #72AD31

triadic

#ADAA31 #31ADAA #AA31AD

tetradic

#ADAA31 #31AD6C #3134AD #AD3172

square

#ADAA31 #31AD6C #3134AD #AD3172

split-complementary

#ADAA31 #3172AD #6C31AD

monochromatic

#4E4C16 #7D7B23 #ADAA31 #CDCA4E #DAD87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#ADAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA31

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA31	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)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c372',
    500: '#adaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa31;
$custom-light: #c9c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA31

secondary

#7778C3

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA31

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

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