#ADA042#ADA042

#ADA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA042
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -7.02, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 49.90, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.023 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7889, 34.4204, 10.1752)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA042 #424FAD

analogous

#AD6B42 #ADA042 #85AD42

triadic

#ADA042 #42ADA0 #A042AD

tetradic

#ADA042 #42AD6B #424FAD #AD4285

square

#ADA042 #42AD6B #424FAD #AD4285

split-complementary

#ADA042 #4285AD #6B42AD

monochromatic

#544E20 #817731 #ADA042 #C5BA67 #D6CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ADA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA042

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA042	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb7a',
    500: '#ada042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada042;
$custom-light: #c8bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69841,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA042

secondary

#8990C1

accent

#63D453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA042

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

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