#ADAA39#ADAA39

#ADAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA39
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -12.84, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 57.56, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0405 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3480, 37.9301, 9.4874)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA39 #393CAD

analogous

#AD7039 #ADAA39 #76AD39

triadic

#ADAA39 #39ADAA #AA39AD

tetradic

#ADAA39 #39AD70 #393CAD #AD3976

square

#ADAA39 #39AD70 #393CAD #AD3976

split-complementary

#ADAA39 #3976AD #7039AD

monochromatic

#51501B #7F7D2A #ADAA39 #C9C65A #D8D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ADAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA39

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA39	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c376',
    500: '#adaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa39;
$custom-light: #c8c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71945,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA39

secondary

#8081C2

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA39

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

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