#ADAD41#ADAD41

#ADAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD41
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -13.90, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 55.47, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0426 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.129 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1323, 39.1539, 10.8122)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD41 #4141AD

analogous

#AD7741 #ADAD41 #77AD41

triadic

#ADAD41 #41ADAD #AD41AD

tetradic

#ADAD41 #41AD77 #4141AD #AD4177

square

#ADAD41 #41AD77 #4141AD #AD4177

split-complementary

#ADAD41 #4177AD #7741AD

monochromatic

#545420 #818130 #ADAD41 #C5C566 #D6D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ADAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#ADAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD41

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD41	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c57b',
    500: '#adad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad41;
$custom-light: #c8c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD41

secondary

#8888C2

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD41

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

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