#ADA62D#ADA62D

#ADA62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA62D
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -11.38, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 60.58, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0376 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(31.3447, 36.3473, 7.8467)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA62D #2D34AD

analogous

#AD662D #ADA62D #74AD2D

triadic

#ADA62D #2DADA6 #A62DAD

tetradic

#ADA62D #2DAD66 #2D34AD #AD2D74

square

#ADA62D #2DAD66 #2D34AD #AD2D74

split-complementary

#ADA62D #2D74AD #662DAD

monochromatic

#4C4914 #7C7720 #ADA62D #CFC848 #DCD778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#ADA62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA62D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA62D	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06f',
    500: '#ada62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada62d;
$custom-light: #c9c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70976,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.36346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA62D

secondary

#7276C4

accent

#4EE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA62D

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

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