#ADAA46#ADAA46

#ADAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA46
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -12.00, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 52.04, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0367 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.122 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7148, 38.0769, 11.4194)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA46 #4649AD

analogous

#AD7646 #ADAA46 #7DAD46

triadic

#ADAA46 #46ADAA #AA46AD

tetradic

#ADAA46 #46AD76 #4649AD #AD467D

square

#ADAA46 #46AD76 #4649AD #AD467D

split-complementary

#ADAA46 #467DAD #7646AD

monochromatic

#565423 #817F34 #ADAA46 #C4C16C #D5D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ADAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA46

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA46	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37d',
    500: '#adaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa46;
$custom-light: #c8c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA46

secondary

#8D8FC1

accent

#59D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA46

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

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