#ADA02A#ADA02A

#ADA02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA02A
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -8.36, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 59.58, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0294 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2237, 34.1943, 7.1982)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA02A #2A37AD

analogous

#AD5F2A #ADA02A #78AD2A

triadic

#ADA02A #2AADA0 #A02AAD

tetradic

#ADA02A #2AAD5F #2A37AD #AD2A78

square

#ADA02A #2AAD5F #2A37AD #AD2A78

split-complementary

#ADA02A #2A78AD #5F2AAD

monochromatic

#4B4512 #7C721E #ADA02A #D1C343 #DDD374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ADA02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#ADA02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA02A

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA02A	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6d',
    500: '#ada02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada02a;
$custom-light: #c9bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA02A

secondary

#6E77C5

accent

#54E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA02A

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

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