#ADAA3D#ADAA3D

#ADAA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA3D
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -12.60, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 55.93, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0394 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.129 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4517, 37.9716, 10.0338)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA3D #3D40AD

analogous

#AD723D #ADAA3D #78AD3D

triadic

#ADAA3D #3DADAA #AA3DAD

tetradic

#ADAA3D #3DAD72 #3D40AD #AD3D78

square

#ADAA3D #3DAD72 #3D40AD #AD3D78

split-complementary

#ADAA3D #3D78AD #723DAD

monochromatic

#53511D #807E2D #ADAA3D #C7C460 #D7D58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ADAA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA3D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA3D	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)

#B8A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c378',
    500: '#adaa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa3d;
$custom-light: #c8c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71979,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA3D

secondary

#8486C2

accent

#54D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA3D

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

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