#ADAA45#ADAA45

#ADAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.123 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA45
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -12.07, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 52.49, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.037 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.123 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6835, 38.0643, 11.2546)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA45 #4548AD

analogous

#AD7645 #ADAA45 #7CAD45

triadic

#ADAA45 #45ADAA #AA45AD

tetradic

#ADAA45 #45AD76 #4548AD #AD457C

square

#ADAA45 #45AD76 #4548AD #AD457C

split-complementary

#ADAA45 #457CAD #7645AD

monochromatic

#555422 #817F34 #ADAA45 #C4C16B #D5D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ADAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA45

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA45	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)

#B7A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.123 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37d',
    500: '#adaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa45;
$custom-light: #c8c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA45

secondary

#8C8EC1

accent

#59D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA45

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

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