#ADAA33#ADAA33

#ADAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA33
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -13.17, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 59.88, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0421 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2070, 37.8737, 8.7451)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA33 #3336AD

analogous

#AD6D33 #ADAA33 #73AD33

triadic

#ADAA33 #33ADAA #AA33AD

tetradic

#ADAA33 #33AD6D #3336AD #AD3373

square

#ADAA33 #33AD6D #3336AD #AD3373

split-complementary

#ADAA33 #3373AD #6D33AD

monochromatic

#4E4D17 #7E7C25 #ADAA33 #CCC951 #DAD881

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#ADAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA33

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA33	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)

#B8A31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c373',
    500: '#adaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa33;
$custom-light: #c9c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA33

secondary

#797BC3

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA33

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

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