#ADA42D#ADA42D

#ADA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA42D
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -10.34, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 59.88, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0347 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9840, 35.6258, 7.7265)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA42D #2D36AD

analogous

#AD642D #ADA42D #76AD2D

triadic

#ADA42D #2DADA4 #A42DAD

tetradic

#ADA42D #2DAD64 #2D36AD #AD2D76

square

#ADA42D #2DAD64 #2D36AD #AD2D76

split-complementary

#ADA42D #2D76AD #642DAD

monochromatic

#4C4814 #7C7620 #ADA42D #CFC648 #DCD578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ADA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA42D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA42D	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6f',
    500: '#ada42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada42d;
$custom-light: #c9be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70536,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA42D

secondary

#7278C4

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA42D

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

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