#ADA642#ADA642

#ADA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA642
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -10.19, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 52.20, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.032 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.121 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8543, 36.5511, 10.5303)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA642 #4249AD

analogous

#AD7142 #ADA642 #7FAD42

triadic

#ADA642 #42ADA6 #A642AD

tetradic

#ADA642 #42AD71 #4249AD #AD427F

square

#ADA642 #42AD71 #4249AD #AD427F

split-complementary

#ADA642 #427FAD #7142AD

monochromatic

#545120 #817B31 #ADA642 #C5BF67 #D6D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#ADA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA642

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA642	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c07b',
    500: '#ada642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada642;
$custom-light: #c8c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71148,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA642

secondary

#898DC1

accent

#5CD453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA642

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

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