#ADA72B#ADA72B

#ADA72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.138 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ADA72B
RGBrgb(173, 167, 43)
HSLhsl(57, 60%, 42%)
HSVhsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.05, -11.99, 60.45)
CIE-LCHlch(67.05, 61.63, 101.22°)
OKLaboklab(71.18% -0.0395 0.1327)
OKLCHoklch(71.18% 0.138 106.6)
XYZxyz(31.4896, 36.6972, 7.7096)
Luminance0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ADA72B #2B31AD
analogous
#AD662B #ADA72B #72AD2B
triadic
#ADA72B #2BADA7 #A72BAD
tetradic
#ADA72B #2BAD66 #2B31AD #AD2B72
square
#ADA72B #2BAD66 #2B31AD #AD2B72
split-complementary
#ADA72B #2B72AD #662BAD
monochromatic
#4B4813 #7C781F #ADA72B #D1CA45 #DDD876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#ADA72B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34
#ADA72B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA72B
8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ADA72B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ADA72B1.002.528.348.34
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3421.001.001.00
##0000008.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A110
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A535
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ada72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.138 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06e',
    500: '#ada72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ada72b;
$custom-light: #c9c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ada72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71183,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ADA72B
secondary
#6F73C4
accent
#4CE344
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F7EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

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#ADA72B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva