#ADAA44#ADAA44

#ADAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.124 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA44
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -12.14, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 52.93, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0373 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.124 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6527, 38.0520, 11.0925)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA44 #4447AD

analogous

#AD7644 #ADAA44 #7BAD44

triadic

#ADAA44 #44ADAA #AA44AD

tetradic

#ADAA44 #44AD76 #4447AD #AD447B

square

#ADAA44 #44AD76 #4447AD #AD447B

split-complementary

#ADAA44 #447BAD #7644AD

monochromatic

#555421 #817F33 #ADAA44 #C4C26A #D6D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ADAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA44

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA44	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)

#B7A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.124 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37c',
    500: '#adaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa44;
$custom-light: #c8c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA44

secondary

#8B8DC1

accent

#58D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA44

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

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