#ADAA42#ADAA42

#ADAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.125 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA42
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -12.28, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 53.81, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0379 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.125 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5927, 38.0280, 10.7765)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA42 #4245AD

analogous

#AD7542 #ADAA42 #7BAD42

triadic

#ADAA42 #42ADAA #AA42AD

tetradic

#ADAA42 #42AD75 #4245AD #AD427B

square

#ADAA42 #42AD75 #4245AD #AD427B

split-complementary

#ADAA42 #427BAD #7542AD

monochromatic

#545320 #817E31 #ADAA42 #C5C267 #D6D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ADAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA42

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA42	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.125 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37b',
    500: '#adaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa42;
$custom-light: #c8c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA42

secondary

#898BC1

accent

#57D453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA42

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

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