#ADA72C#ADA72C

#ADA72C 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	#ADA72C
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -11.95, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 61.29, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0393 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.138 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5082, 36.7047, 7.8074)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA72C #2C32AD

analogous

#AD662C #ADA72C #73AD2C

triadic

#ADA72C #2CADA7 #A72CAD

tetradic

#ADA72C #2CAD66 #2C32AD #AD2C73

square

#ADA72C #2CAD66 #2C32AD #AD2C73

split-complementary

#ADA72C #2C73AD #662CAD

monochromatic

#4B4913 #7C7820 #ADA72C #D0CA46 #DCD877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ADA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#ADA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA72C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA72C	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)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.138 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c06f',
    500: '#ada72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada72c;
$custom-light: #c9c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA72C

secondary

#7174C4

accent

#4DE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA72C

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

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