#ADA12D#ADA12D

#ADA12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA12D
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -8.76, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 58.85, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0302 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4534, 34.5647, 7.5497)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA12D #2D39AD

analogous

#AD612D #ADA12D #79AD2D

triadic

#ADA12D #2DADA1 #A12DAD

tetradic

#ADA12D #2DAD61 #2D39AD #AD2D79

square

#ADA12D #2DAD61 #2D39AD #AD2D79

split-complementary

#ADA12D #2D79AD #612DAD

monochromatic

#4C4714 #7C7420 #ADA12D #CFC348 #DCD378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ADA12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#ADA12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA12D

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA12D	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#B09C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc6f',
    500: '#ada12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada12d;
$custom-light: #c9bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6988,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA12D

secondary

#7279C4

accent

#55E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA12D

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

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