#ADAD30#ADAD30

#ADAD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD30
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -14.87, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 62.11, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0471 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.141 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7118, 38.9858, 8.5976)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD30 #3030AD

analogous

#AD6E30 #ADAD30 #6EAD30

triadic

#ADAD30 #30ADAD #AD30AD

tetradic

#ADAD30 #30AD6E #3030AD #AD306E

square

#ADAD30 #30AD6E #3030AD #AD306E

split-complementary

#ADAD30 #306EAD #6E30AD

monochromatic

#4D4D15 #7D7D23 #ADAD30 #CECE4D #DBDB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ADAD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD30

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD30	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)

#BBA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c571',
    500: '#adad30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad30;
$custom-light: #c9c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD30

secondary

#7575C3

accent

#48E048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD30

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

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