#ADAA3B#ADAA3B

#ADAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA3B
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -12.73, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 56.75, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.04 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.131 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3988, 37.9505, 9.7553)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA3B #3B3EAD

analogous

#AD713B #ADAA3B #77AD3B

triadic

#ADAA3B #3BADAA #AA3BAD

tetradic

#ADAA3B #3BAD71 #3B3EAD #AD3B77

square

#ADAA3B #3BAD71 #3B3EAD #AD3B77

split-complementary

#ADAA3B #3B77AD #713BAD

monochromatic

#52501C #7F7D2B #ADAA3B #C8C55D #D7D58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ADAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA3B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA3B	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B8A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c377',
    500: '#adaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa3b;
$custom-light: #c8c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA3B

secondary

#8284C2

accent

#53D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA3B

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

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