#ADA62C#ADA62C

#ADA62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA62C
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -11.43, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 60.93, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0378 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(31.3257, 36.3397, 7.7466)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA62C #2C33AD

analogous

#AD652C #ADA62C #74AD2C

triadic

#ADA62C #2CADA6 #A62CAD

tetradic

#ADA62C #2CAD65 #2C33AD #AD2C74

square

#ADA62C #2CAD65 #2C33AD #AD2C74

split-complementary

#ADA62C #2C74AD #652CAD

monochromatic

#4B4813 #7C7720 #ADA62C #D0C946 #DCD777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#ADA62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA62C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA62C	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06f',
    500: '#ada62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada62c;
$custom-light: #c9c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.36339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA62C

secondary

#7175C4

accent

#4EE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA62C

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

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