#ADAD24#ADAD24

#ADAD24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD24
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -15.37, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 65.96, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0495 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4968, 38.8998, 7.4653)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD24 #2424AD

analogous

#AD6824 #ADAD24 #68AD24

triadic

#ADAD24 #24ADAD #AD24AD

tetradic

#ADAD24 #24AD68 #2424AD #AD2468

square

#ADAD24 #24AD68 #2424AD #AD2468

split-complementary

#ADAD24 #2468AD #6824AD

monochromatic

#48480F #7A7A19 #ADAD24 #D6D639 #E0E06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADAD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD24

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD24	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)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#adad24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad24;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD24

secondary

#6666C6

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD24

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

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