#ADAA41#ADAA41

#ADAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA41
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -12.34, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 54.24, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0382 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.126 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5635, 38.0163, 10.6226)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA41 #4144AD

analogous

#AD7441 #ADAA41 #7AAD41

triadic

#ADAA41 #41ADAA #AA41AD

tetradic

#ADAA41 #41AD74 #4144AD #AD417A

square

#ADAA41 #41AD74 #4144AD #AD417A

split-complementary

#ADAA41 #417AAD #7441AD

monochromatic

#545320 #817E30 #ADAA41 #C5C366 #D6D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ADAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA41

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA41	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)

#B7A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37a',
    500: '#adaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa41;
$custom-light: #c8c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA41

secondary

#888AC2

accent

#56D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA41

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

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