#ADAA35#ADAA35

#ADAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.135 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA35
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -13.07, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 59.12, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0416 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.135 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2521, 37.8918, 8.9824)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA35 #3538AD

analogous

#AD6E35 #ADAA35 #74AD35

triadic

#ADAA35 #35ADAA #AA35AD

tetradic

#ADAA35 #35AD6E #3538AD #AD3574

square

#ADAA35 #35AD6E #3538AD #AD3574

split-complementary

#ADAA35 #3574AD #6E35AD

monochromatic

#4F4E18 #7E7C27 #ADAA35 #CBC854 #D9D783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ADAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA35

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA35	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.135 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#adaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa35;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71913,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA35

secondary

#7B7DC3

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA35

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

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