#ADAA49#ADAA49

#ADAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA49
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -11.77, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 50.69, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0357 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.119 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8119, 38.1157, 11.9307)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA49 #494CAD

analogous

#AD7849 #ADAA49 #7EAD49

triadic

#ADAA49 #49ADAA #AA49AD

tetradic

#ADAA49 #49AD78 #494CAD #AD497E

square

#ADAA49 #49AD78 #494CAD #AD497E

split-complementary

#ADAA49 #497EAD #7849AD

monochromatic

#575525 #828037 #ADAA49 #C3C070 #D5D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ADAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA49

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA49	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)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c37f',
    500: '#adaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa49;
$custom-light: #c8c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA49

secondary

#9092C1

accent

#5BD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA49

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

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