#ADAD35#ADAD35

#ADAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD35
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -14.61, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 60.28, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0459 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.138 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8209, 39.0294, 9.1720)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD35 #3535AD

analogous

#AD7135 #ADAD35 #71AD35

triadic

#ADAD35 #35ADAD #AD35AD

tetradic

#ADAD35 #35AD71 #3535AD #AD3571

square

#ADAD35 #35AD71 #3535AD #AD3571

split-complementary

#ADAD35 #3571AD #7135AD

monochromatic

#4F4F18 #7E7E27 #ADAD35 #CBCB54 #D9D983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ADAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ADAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD35

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD35	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c574',
    500: '#adad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad35;
$custom-light: #c9c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD35

secondary

#7B7BC3

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD35

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

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