#ADAD34#ADAD34

#ADAD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD34
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -14.67, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 60.66, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0461 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7981, 39.0203, 9.0521)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD34 #3434AD

analogous

#AD7134 #ADAD34 #71AD34

triadic

#ADAD34 #34ADAD #AD34AD

tetradic

#ADAD34 #34AD71 #3434AD #AD3471

square

#ADAD34 #34AD71 #3434AD #AD3471

split-complementary

#ADAD34 #3471AD #7134AD

monochromatic

#4F4F18 #7E7E26 #ADAD34 #CBCB53 #D9D982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ADAD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD34

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD34	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)

#BBA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c573',
    500: '#adad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad34;
$custom-light: #c9c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD34

secondary

#7A7AC3

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD34

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

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