#ADAD31#ADAD31

#ADAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD31
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -14.82, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 61.75, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0469 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.141 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7327, 38.9941, 8.7075)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD31 #3131AD

analogous

#AD6F31 #ADAD31 #6FAD31

triadic

#ADAD31 #31ADAD #AD31AD

tetradic

#ADAD31 #31AD6F #3131AD #AD316F

square

#ADAD31 #31AD6F #3131AD #AD316F

split-complementary

#ADAD31 #316FAD #6F31AD

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7D7D23 #ADAD31 #CDCD4E #DADA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ADAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD31

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD31	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c572',
    500: '#adad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad31;
$custom-light: #c9c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD31

secondary

#7777C3

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD31

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

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