#ADAD22#ADAD22

#ADAD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.149 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD22
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -15.44, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 66.52, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0499 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.149 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4671, 38.8879, 7.3089)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD22 #2222AD

analogous

#AD6722 #ADAD22 #67AD22

triadic

#ADAD22 #22ADAD #AD22AD

tetradic

#ADAD22 #22AD67 #2222AD #AD2267

square

#ADAD22 #22AD67 #2222AD #AD2267

split-complementary

#ADAD22 #2267AD #6722AD

monochromatic

#47470E #7A7A18 #ADAD22 #D7D735 #E1E168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADAD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD22

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD22	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.149 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56b',
    500: '#adad22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad22;
$custom-light: #c9c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.14872,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD22

secondary

#6464C7

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD22

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

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