#ADAD2B#ADAD2B

#ADAD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.144 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD2B
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -15.09, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 63.81, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0482 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.144 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6144, 38.9468, 8.0845)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD2B #2B2BAD

analogous

#AD6C2B #ADAD2B #6CAD2B

triadic

#ADAD2B #2BADAD #AD2BAD

tetradic

#ADAD2B #2BAD6C #2B2BAD #AD2B6C

square

#ADAD2B #2BAD6C #2B2BAD #AD2B6C

split-complementary

#ADAD2B #2B6CAD #6C2BAD

monochromatic

#4B4B13 #7C7C1F #ADAD2B #D1D145 #DDDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ADAD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD2B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD2B	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)

#BBA60C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.144 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56f',
    500: '#adad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad2b;
$custom-light: #c9c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD2B

secondary

#6F6FC4

accent

#44E344

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD2B

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

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