#ADA542#ADA542

#ADA542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA542
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -9.66, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 51.81, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0305 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.12 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6732, 36.1890, 10.4700)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA542 #424AAD

analogous

#AD7042 #ADA542 #80AD42

triadic

#ADA542 #42ADA5 #A542AD

tetradic

#ADA542 #42AD70 #424AAD #AD4280

square

#ADA542 #42AD70 #424AAD #AD4280

split-complementary

#ADA542 #4280AD #7042AD

monochromatic

#545020 #817B31 #ADA542 #C5BE67 #D6D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ADA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA542

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA542	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf7b',
    500: '#ada542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada542;
$custom-light: #c8bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA542

secondary

#898EC1

accent

#5DD453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA542

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

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