#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
RGBrgb(173, 170, 49)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSVhsv(59, 72%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.91, -13.27, 59.14)
CIE-LCHlch(67.91, 60.61, 102.65°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% -0.0425 0.131)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.138 108)
XYZxyz(32.1639, 37.8565, 8.5179)
Luminance0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##ADAA311.002.458.578.57
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5721.001.001.00
##0000008.5721.001.001.00

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

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#ADAA31 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva