#ADA02E#ADA02E

#ADA02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA02E
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -8.18, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 58.15, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0285 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2989, 34.2244, 7.5942)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA02E #2E3BAD

analogous

#AD602E #ADA02E #7BAD2E

triadic

#ADA02E #2EADA0 #A02EAD

tetradic

#ADA02E #2EAD60 #2E3BAD #AD2E7B

square

#ADA02E #2EAD60 #2E3BAD #AD2E7B

split-complementary

#ADA02E #2E7BAD #602EAD

monochromatic

#4C4714 #7D7321 #ADA02E #CFC149 #DCD27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ADA02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#ADA02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA02E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA02E	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)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6f',
    500: '#ada02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada02e;
$custom-light: #c9bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA02E

secondary

#737BC4

accent

#56E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA02E

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

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