#ADAD25#ADAD25

#ADAD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD25
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -15.33, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 65.67, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0494 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5123, 38.9060, 7.5469)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD25 #2525AD

analogous

#AD6925 #ADAD25 #69AD25

triadic

#ADAD25 #25ADAD #AD25AD

tetradic

#ADAD25 #25AD69 #2525AD #AD2569

square

#ADAD25 #25AD69 #2525AD #AD2569

split-complementary

#ADAD25 #2569AD #6925AD

monochromatic

#48480F #7B7B1A #ADAD25 #D5D53A #E0E06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADAD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD25

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD25	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)

#BDA931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#adad25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad25;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD25

secondary

#6868C6

accent

#40E840

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD25

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

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