#ADAA38#ADAA38

#ADAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA38
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -12.90, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 57.96, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0408 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.133 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3233, 37.9202, 9.3573)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA38 #383BAD

analogous

#AD7038 #ADAA38 #75AD38

triadic

#ADAA38 #38ADAA #AA38AD

tetradic

#ADAA38 #38AD70 #383BAD #AD3875

square

#ADAA38 #38AD70 #383BAD #AD3875

split-complementary

#ADAA38 #3875AD #7038AD

monochromatic

#514F1A #7F7D29 #ADAA38 #C9C659 #D8D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ADAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA38

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA38	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)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c375',
    500: '#adaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa38;
$custom-light: #c9c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA38

secondary

#7F80C2

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA38

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

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