#ADAA3C#ADAA3C

#ADAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA3C
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -12.66, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 56.34, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0397 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.13 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4250, 37.9609, 9.8933)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA3C #3C3FAD

analogous

#AD713C #ADAA3C #77AD3C

triadic

#ADAA3C #3CADAA #AA3CAD

tetradic

#ADAA3C #3CAD71 #3C3FAD #AD3C77

square

#ADAA3C #3CAD71 #3C3FAD #AD3C77

split-complementary

#ADAA3C #3C77AD #713CAD

monochromatic

#52511C #807D2C #ADAA3C #C7C55F #D7D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ADAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA3C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA3C	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)

#B8A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c378',
    500: '#adaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa3c;
$custom-light: #c8c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA3C

secondary

#8385C2

accent

#53D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA3C

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

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