#ADAA36#ADAA36

#ADAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA36
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -13.01, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 58.74, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0413 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2753, 37.9011, 9.1048)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA36 #3639AD

analogous

#AD6E36 #ADAA36 #75AD36

triadic

#ADAA36 #36ADAA #AA36AD

tetradic

#ADAA36 #36AD6E #3639AD #AD3675

square

#ADAA36 #36AD6E #3639AD #AD3675

split-complementary

#ADAA36 #3675AD #6E36AD

monochromatic

#504E19 #7E7C27 #ADAA36 #CAC756 #D9D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ADAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA36

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA36	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)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c374',
    500: '#adaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa36;
$custom-light: #c9c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71921,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA36

secondary

#7C7EC2

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA36

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

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