#ADAD2F#ADAD2F

#ADAD2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD2F
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -14.91, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 62.46, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0473 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6914, 38.9776, 8.4901)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD2F #2F2FAD

analogous

#AD6E2F #ADAD2F #6EAD2F

triadic

#ADAD2F #2FADAD #AD2FAD

tetradic

#ADAD2F #2FAD6E #2F2FAD #AD2F6E

square

#ADAD2F #2FAD6E #2F2FAD #AD2F6E

split-complementary

#ADAD2F #2F6EAD #6E2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4D15 #7D7D22 #ADAD2F #CECE4B #DBDB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ADAD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD2F

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD2F	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c571',
    500: '#adad2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad2f;
$custom-light: #c9c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD2F

secondary

#7474C4

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD2F

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

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