#ADA72F#ADA72F

#ADA72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ADA72F
RGBrgb(173, 167, 47)
HSLhsl(57, 57%, 43%)
HSVhsv(57, 73%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.07, -11.81, 59.06)
CIE-LCHlch(67.07, 60.23, 101.31°)
OKLaboklab(71.21% -0.0386 0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(71.21% 0.136 106.5)
XYZxyz(31.5666, 36.7280, 8.1152)
Luminance0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ADA72F #2F35AD
analogous
#AD682F #ADA72F #74AD2F
triadic
#ADA72F #2FADA7 #A72FAD
tetradic
#ADA72F #2FAD68 #2F35AD #AD2F74
square
#ADA72F #2FAD68 #2F35AD #AD2F74
split-complementary
#ADA72F #2F74AD #682FAD
monochromatic
#4D4A15 #7D7922 #ADA72F #CEC84B #DBD77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#ADA72F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35
#ADA72F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA72F
8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ADA72F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ADA72F1.002.528.358.35
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3521.001.001.00
##0000008.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A119
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A538
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9C90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ada72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 106.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c070',
    500: '#ada72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ada72f;
$custom-light: #c9c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ada72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71209,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ADA72F
secondary
#7478C4
accent
#4FE147
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F7ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA72F

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#ADA72F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva