#ADAA3E#ADAA3E

#ADAA3E 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 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA3E
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -12.54, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 55.51, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0391 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.129 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4789, 37.9825, 10.1770)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA3E #3E41AD

analogous

#AD723E #ADAA3E #78AD3E

triadic

#ADAA3E #3EADAA #AA3EAD

tetradic

#ADAA3E #3EAD72 #3E41AD #AD3E78

square

#ADAA3E #3EAD72 #3E41AD #AD3E78

split-complementary

#ADAA3E #3E78AD #723EAD

monochromatic

#53511E #807E2E #ADAA3E #C7C462 #D7D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ADAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA3E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA3E	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c379',
    500: '#adaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa3e;
$custom-light: #c8c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA3E

secondary

#8587C2

accent

#55D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA3E

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

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