#ADA22A#ADA22A

#ADA22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA22A
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -9.42, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 60.24, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0324 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5732, 34.8933, 7.3147)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA22A #2A35AD

analogous

#AD612A #ADA22A #76AD2A

triadic

#ADA22A #2AADA2 #A22AAD

tetradic

#ADA22A #2AAD61 #2A35AD #AD2A76

square

#ADA22A #2AAD61 #2A35AD #AD2A76

split-complementary

#ADA22A #2A76AD #612AAD

monochromatic

#4B4612 #7C741E #ADA22A #D1C543 #DDD474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ADA22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA22A

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA22A	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6d',
    500: '#ada22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada22a;
$custom-light: #c9bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA22A

secondary

#6E75C5

accent

#51E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA22A

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

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