#ADA142#ADA142

#ADA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA142
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -7.55, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 50.27, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0245 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9630, 34.7685, 10.2332)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA142 #424EAD

analogous

#AD6C42 #ADA142 #84AD42

triadic

#ADA142 #42ADA1 #A142AD

tetradic

#ADA142 #42AD6C #424EAD #AD4284

square

#ADA142 #42AD6C #424EAD #AD4284

split-complementary

#ADA142 #4284AD #6C42AD

monochromatic

#544F20 #817831 #ADA142 #C5BB67 #D6CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ADA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ADA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA142

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA142	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc7a',
    500: '#ada142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada142;
$custom-light: #c8bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA142

secondary

#8990C1

accent

#62D453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA142

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

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