#ADA52A#ADA52A

#ADA52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA52A
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -10.99, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 61.26, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0368 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1079, 35.9629, 7.4930)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA52A #2A32AD

analogous

#AD642A #ADA52A #74AD2A

triadic

#ADA52A #2AADA5 #A52AAD

tetradic

#ADA52A #2AAD64 #2A32AD #AD2A74

square

#ADA52A #2AAD64 #2A32AD #AD2A74

split-complementary

#ADA52A #2A74AD #642AAD

monochromatic

#4B4712 #7C761E #ADA52A #D1C943 #DDD774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ADA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA52A

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA52A	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6d',
    500: '#ada52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada52a;
$custom-light: #c9bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA52A

secondary

#6E73C5

accent

#4EE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA52A

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

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