#ADAD32#ADAD32

#ADAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD32
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -14.77, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 61.39, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0466 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.14 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7540, 39.0026, 8.8199)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD32 #3232AD

analogous

#AD6F32 #ADAD32 #6FAD32

triadic

#ADAD32 #32ADAD #AD32AD

tetradic

#ADAD32 #32AD6F #3232AD #AD326F

square

#ADAD32 #32AD6F #3232AD #AD326F

split-complementary

#ADAD32 #326FAD #6F32AD

monochromatic

#4E4E17 #7E7E24 #ADAD32 #CCCC50 #DADA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ADAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD32

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD32	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)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c572',
    500: '#adad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad32;
$custom-light: #c9c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72556,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD32

secondary

#7878C3

accent

#49DE49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD32

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

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