#ADA62B#ADA62B

#ADA62B 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 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA62B
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -11.47, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 61.27, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0381 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3071, 36.3323, 7.6487)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA62B #2B32AD

analogous

#AD652B #ADA62B #73AD2B

triadic

#ADA62B #2BADA6 #A62BAD

tetradic

#ADA62B #2BAD65 #2B32AD #AD2B73

square

#ADA62B #2BAD65 #2B32AD #AD2B73

split-complementary

#ADA62B #2B73AD #652BAD

monochromatic

#4B4813 #7C771F #ADA62B #D1C945 #DDD776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#ADA62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA62B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA62B	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06e',
    500: '#ada62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada62b;
$custom-light: #c9c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA62B

secondary

#6F74C4

accent

#4DE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA62B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →