#ADAA40#ADAA40

#ADAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.127 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA40
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -12.41, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 54.67, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0385 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.127 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5348, 38.0048, 10.4713)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA40 #4043AD

analogous

#AD7440 #ADAA40 #7AAD40

triadic

#ADAA40 #40ADAA #AA40AD

tetradic

#ADAA40 #40AD74 #4043AD #AD407A

square

#ADAA40 #40AD74 #4043AD #AD407A

split-complementary

#ADAA40 #407AAD #7440AD

monochromatic

#54521F #807E2F #ADAA40 #C6C364 #D6D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ADAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA40

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA40	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)

#B7A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.127 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37a',
    500: '#adaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa40;
$custom-light: #c8c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72007,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA40

secondary

#8789C2

accent

#56D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA40

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

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