#ADA72A#ADA72A

#ADA72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.139 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA72A
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -12.04, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 61.96, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0397 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4715, 36.6900, 7.6141)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA72A #2A30AD

analogous

#AD662A #ADA72A #72AD2A

triadic

#ADA72A #2AADA7 #A72AAD

tetradic

#ADA72A #2AAD66 #2A30AD #AD2A72

square

#ADA72A #2AAD66 #2A30AD #AD2A72

split-complementary

#ADA72A #2A72AD #662AAD

monochromatic

#4B4812 #7C771E #ADA72A #D1CB43 #DDD874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ADA72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#ADA72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA72A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA72A	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06e',
    500: '#ada72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada72a;
$custom-light: #c9c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA72A

secondary

#6E72C5

accent

#4BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA72A

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

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