#ADA12A#ADA12A

#ADA12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.134 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA12A
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -8.89, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 59.91, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0309 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3977, 34.5424, 7.2562)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA12A #2A36AD

analogous

#AD602A #ADA12A #77AD2A

triadic

#ADA12A #2AADA1 #A12AAD

tetradic

#ADA12A #2AAD60 #2A36AD #AD2A77

square

#ADA12A #2AAD60 #2A36AD #AD2A77

split-complementary

#ADA12A #2A77AD #602AAD

monochromatic

#4B4512 #7C731E #ADA12A #D1C443 #DDD474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#ADA12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA12A

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA12A	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc6d',
    500: '#ada12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada12a;
$custom-light: #c9bc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69861,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA12A

secondary

#6E76C5

accent

#52E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA12A

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

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