#ADA12B#ADA12B

#ADA12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA12B
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -8.85, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 59.56, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0307 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.133 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4158, 34.5497, 7.3516)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA12B #2B37AD

analogous

#AD602B #ADA12B #78AD2B

triadic

#ADA12B #2BADA1 #A12BAD

tetradic

#ADA12B #2BAD60 #2B37AD #AD2B78

square

#ADA12B #2BAD60 #2B37AD #AD2B78

split-complementary

#ADA12B #2B78AD #602BAD

monochromatic

#4B4613 #7C731F #ADA12B #D1C445 #DDD376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#ADA12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA12B

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA12B	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)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.133 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc6e',
    500: '#ada12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada12b;
$custom-light: #c9bc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69867,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA12B

secondary

#6F77C4

accent

#53E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA12B

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

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