#ADAD4E#ADAD4E

#ADAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD4E
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -12.94, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 49.68, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0385 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.118 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.5532, 39.3223, 13.0287)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD4E #4E4EAD

analogous

#AD7E4E #ADAD4E #7EAD4E

triadic

#ADAD4E #4EADAD #AD4EAD

tetradic

#ADAD4E #4EAD7E #4E4EAD #AD4E7E

square

#ADAD4E #4EAD7E #4E4EAD #AD4E7E

split-complementary

#ADAD4E #4E7EAD #7E4EAD

monochromatic

#595928 #83833B #ADAD4E #C2C277 #D5D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD4E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD4E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c583',
    500: '#adad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad4e;
$custom-light: #c8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD4E

secondary

#9595C2

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD4E

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

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