#ADAA3A#ADAA3A

#ADAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA3A
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -12.79, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 57.16, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0402 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3732, 37.9402, 9.6201)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA3A #3A3DAD

analogous

#AD713A #ADAA3A #76AD3A

triadic

#ADAA3A #3AADAA #AA3AAD

tetradic

#ADAA3A #3AAD71 #3A3DAD #AD3A76

square

#ADAA3A #3AAD71 #3A3DAD #AD3A76

split-complementary

#ADAA3A #3A76AD #713AAD

monochromatic

#51501B #7F7D2B #ADAA3A #C8C55C #D8D68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ADAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA3A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA3A	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)

#B8A32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c376',
    500: '#adaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa3a;
$custom-light: #c8c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71953,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA3A

secondary

#8182C2

accent

#52D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA3A

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

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