#ADAD26#ADAD26

#ADAD26 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	#ADAD26
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -15.29, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 65.37, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0492 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5282, 38.9123, 7.6307)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD26 #2626AD

analogous

#AD6A26 #ADAD26 #6AAD26

triadic

#ADAD26 #26ADAD #AD26AD

tetradic

#ADAD26 #26AD6A #2626AD #AD266A

square

#ADAD26 #26AD6A #2626AD #AD266A

split-complementary

#ADAD26 #266AAD #6A26AD

monochromatic

#494910 #7B7B1B #ADAD26 #D4D43C #DFDF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADAD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD26

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD26	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)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56d',
    500: '#adad26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad26;
$custom-light: #c9c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72483,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD26

secondary

#6969C6

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD26

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

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