#ADA12F#ADA12F

#ADA12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA12F
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -8.66, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 58.12, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0298 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4929, 34.5805, 7.7573)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA12F #2F3BAD

analogous

#AD622F #ADA12F #7AAD2F

triadic

#ADA12F #2FADA1 #A12FAD

tetradic

#ADA12F #2FAD62 #2F3BAD #AD2F7A

square

#ADA12F #2FAD62 #2F3BAD #AD2F7A

split-complementary

#ADA12F #2F7AAD #622FAD

monochromatic

#4D4715 #7D7422 #ADA12F #CEC24B #DBD27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ADA12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#ADA12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA12F

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA12F	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc70',
    500: '#ada12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada12f;
$custom-light: #c9bc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA12F

secondary

#747CC4

accent

#56E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA12F

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

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