#ADAD2E#ADAD2E

#ADAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.143 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD2E
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -14.96, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 62.80, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0475 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.143 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6715, 38.9696, 8.3851)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD2E #2E2EAD

analogous

#AD6D2E #ADAD2E #6DAD2E

triadic

#ADAD2E #2EADAD #AD2EAD

tetradic

#ADAD2E #2EAD6D #2E2EAD #AD2E6D

square

#ADAD2E #2EAD6D #2E2EAD #AD2E6D

split-complementary

#ADAD2E #2E6DAD #6D2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4C14 #7D7D21 #ADAD2E #CFCF49 #DCDC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ADAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD2E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD2E	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)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.143 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c570',
    500: '#adad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad2e;
$custom-light: #c9c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD2E

secondary

#7373C4

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD2E

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

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