#ADAD2A#ADAD2A

#ADAD2A 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	#ADAD2A
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -15.14, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 64.13, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0484 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.145 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5963, 38.9395, 7.9891)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD2A #2A2AAD

analogous

#AD6C2A #ADAD2A #6CAD2A

triadic

#ADAD2A #2AADAD #AD2AAD

tetradic

#ADAD2A #2AAD6C #2A2AAD #AD2A6C

square

#ADAD2A #2AAD6C #2A2AAD #AD2A6C

split-complementary

#ADAD2A #2A6CAD #6C2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7C7C1E #ADAD2A #D1D143 #DDDD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ADAD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD2A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD2A	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)

#BBA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.145 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56e',
    500: '#adad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad2a;
$custom-light: #c9c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD2A

secondary

#6E6EC5

accent

#44E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD2A

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

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