#ADAA37#ADAA37

#ADAA37 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	#ADAA37
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -12.96, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 58.35, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0411 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2991, 37.9106, 9.2298)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA37 #373AAD

analogous

#AD6F37 #ADAA37 #75AD37

triadic

#ADAA37 #37ADAA #AA37AD

tetradic

#ADAA37 #37AD6F #373AAD #AD3775

square

#ADAA37 #37AD6F #373AAD #AD3775

split-complementary

#ADAA37 #3775AD #6F37AD

monochromatic

#504F19 #7F7C28 #ADAA37 #CAC757 #D8D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ADAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA37

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA37	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#adaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa37;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA37

secondary

#7D7FC2

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA37

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

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