#ADA42A#ADA42A

#ADA42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA42A
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -10.47, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 60.92, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0353 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(30.9283, 35.6035, 7.4331)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA42A #2A33AD

analogous

#AD632A #ADA42A #75AD2A

triadic

#ADA42A #2AADA4 #A42AAD

tetradic

#ADA42A #2AAD63 #2A33AD #AD2A75

square

#ADA42A #2AAD63 #2A33AD #AD2A75

split-complementary

#ADA42A #2A75AD #632AAD

monochromatic

#4B4712 #7C751E #ADA42A #D1C843 #DDD674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA42A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA42A	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6d',
    500: '#ada42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada42a;
$custom-light: #c9be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70517,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.35602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA42A

secondary

#6E74C5

accent

#4FE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA42A

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

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