#ADA42C#ADA42C

#ADA42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA42C
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -10.38, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 60.23, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0349 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(30.9650, 35.6182, 7.6263)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA42C #2C35AD

analogous

#AD642C #ADA42C #75AD2C

triadic

#ADA42C #2CADA4 #A42CAD

tetradic

#ADA42C #2CAD64 #2C35AD #AD2C75

square

#ADA42C #2CAD64 #2C35AD #AD2C75

split-complementary

#ADA42C #2C75AD #642CAD

monochromatic

#4B4713 #7C7620 #ADA42C #D0C646 #DCD577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA42C

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA42C	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)

#B39E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6e',
    500: '#ada42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada42c;
$custom-light: #c9be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.35617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA42C

secondary

#7176C4

accent

#50E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA42C

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

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