#ADAA48#ADAA48

#ADAA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA48
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -11.85, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 51.15, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.036 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.12 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7790, 38.1025, 11.7575)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA48 #484BAD

analogous

#AD7748 #ADAA48 #7DAD48

triadic

#ADAA48 #48ADAA #AA48AD

tetradic

#ADAA48 #48AD77 #484BAD #AD487D

square

#ADAA48 #48AD77 #484BAD #AD487D

split-complementary

#ADAA48 #487DAD #7748AD

monochromatic

#575524 #828036 #ADAA48 #C3C16F #D5D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ADAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA48

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA48	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)

#B7A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37f',
    500: '#adaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa48;
$custom-light: #c8c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA48

secondary

#8F91C1

accent

#5AD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA48

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

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