#ADA42F#ADA42F

#ADA42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA42F
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -10.24, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 59.16, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0342 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.133 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0234, 35.6416, 7.9341)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA42F #2F38AD

analogous

#AD652F #ADA42F #77AD2F

triadic

#ADA42F #2FADA4 #A42FAD

tetradic

#ADA42F #2FAD65 #2F38AD #AD2F77

square

#ADA42F #2FAD65 #2F38AD #AD2F77

split-complementary

#ADA42F #2F77AD #652FAD

monochromatic

#4D4915 #7D7622 #ADA42F #CEC54B #DBD47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ADA42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA42F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA42F	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)

#B39E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be70',
    500: '#ada42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada42f;
$custom-light: #c9be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7055,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA42F

secondary

#747AC4

accent

#52E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA42F

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

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