#ADAD29#ADAD29

#ADAD29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.145 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD29
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -15.18, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 64.45, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0486 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.145 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5786, 38.9325, 7.8960)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD29 #2929AD

analogous

#AD6B29 #ADAD29 #6BAD29

triadic

#ADAD29 #29ADAD #AD29AD

tetradic

#ADAD29 #29AD6B #2929AD #AD296B

square

#ADAD29 #29AD6B #2929AD #AD296B

split-complementary

#ADAD29 #296BAD #6B29AD

monochromatic

#4A4A12 #7C7C1D #ADAD29 #D2D241 #DEDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ADAD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD29

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD29	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.145 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56e',
    500: '#adad29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad29;
$custom-light: #c9c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD29

secondary

#6D6DC5

accent

#43E543

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD29

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

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