#ADA62A#ADA62A

#ADA62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA62A
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -11.52, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 61.61, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0383 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2890, 36.3250, 7.5533)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA62A #2A31AD

analogous

#AD652A #ADA62A #73AD2A

triadic

#ADA62A #2AADA6 #A62AAD

tetradic

#ADA62A #2AAD65 #2A31AD #AD2A73

square

#ADA62A #2AAD65 #2A31AD #AD2A73

split-complementary

#ADA62A #2A73AD #652AAD

monochromatic

#4B4712 #7C771E #ADA62A #D1CA43 #DDD874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA62A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA62A	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06e',
    500: '#ada62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada62a;
$custom-light: #c9c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA62A

secondary

#6E73C5

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA62A

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

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