#ADA42E#ADA42E

#ADA42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.134 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA42E
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -10.29, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 59.52, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0345 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.134 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0035, 35.6336, 7.8291)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA42E #2E37AD

analogous

#AD642E #ADA42E #76AD2E

triadic

#ADA42E #2EADA4 #A42EAD

tetradic

#ADA42E #2EAD64 #2E37AD #AD2E76

square

#ADA42E #2EAD64 #2E37AD #AD2E76

split-complementary

#ADA42E #2E76AD #642EAD

monochromatic

#4C4814 #7D7621 #ADA42E #CFC549 #DCD57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ADA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA42E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA42E	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)

#B39E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.134 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6f',
    500: '#ada42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada42e;
$custom-light: #c9be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA42E

secondary

#7379C4

accent

#52E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA42E

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

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