#ADAA47#ADAA47

#ADAA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA47
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 71)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -11.92, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 51.60, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0364 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.121 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7466, 38.0896, 11.5871)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA47 #474AAD

analogous

#AD7747 #ADAA47 #7DAD47

triadic

#ADAA47 #47ADAA #AA47AD

tetradic

#ADAA47 #47AD77 #474AAD #AD477D

square

#ADAA47 #47AD77 #474AAD #AD477D

split-complementary

#ADAA47 #477DAD #7747AD

monochromatic

#565523 #827F35 #ADAA47 #C3C16E #D5D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ADAA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA47

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA47	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)

#B7A43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37e',
    500: '#adaa47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa47;
$custom-light: #c8c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA47

secondary

#8E90C1

accent

#5AD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA47

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

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