#ADA442#ADA442

#ADA442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA442
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -9.14, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 51.42, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.029 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.119 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4935, 35.8296, 10.4101)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA442 #424BAD

analogous

#AD6F42 #ADA442 #81AD42

triadic

#ADA442 #42ADA4 #A442AD

tetradic

#ADA442 #42AD6F #424BAD #AD4281

square

#ADA442 #42AD6F #424BAD #AD4281

split-complementary

#ADA442 #4281AD #6F42AD

monochromatic

#545020 #817A31 #ADA442 #C5BD67 #D6D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ADA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#ADA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA442

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA442	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be7b',
    500: '#ada442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada442;
$custom-light: #c8be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA442

secondary

#898EC1

accent

#5ED453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA442

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

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