#ADAA55#ADAA55

#ADAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA55
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -10.78, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 45.04, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0315 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.108 107)
XYZ	xyz(33.2488, 38.2905, 14.2319)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA55 #5558AD

analogous

#AD7E55 #ADAA55 #84AD55

triadic

#ADAA55 #55ADAA #AA55AD

tetradic

#ADAA55 #55AD7E #5558AD #AD5584

square

#ADAA55 #55AD7E #5558AD #AD5584

split-complementary

#ADAA55 #5584AD #7E55AD

monochromatic

#5B5A2C #858240 #ADAA55 #C1BF7E #D5D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ADAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA55

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA55	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c387',
    500: '#adaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa55;
$custom-light: #c7c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.3829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA55

secondary

#9B9DC2

accent

#61CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA55

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

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