#ADA740#ADA740

#ADA740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA740
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -10.85, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 53.47, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0341 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.124 106)
XYZ	xyz(31.9788, 36.8929, 10.2860)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA740 #4046AD

analogous

#AD7140 #ADA740 #7DAD40

triadic

#ADA740 #40ADA7 #A740AD

tetradic

#ADA740 #40AD71 #4046AD #AD407D

square

#ADA740 #40AD71 #4046AD #AD407D

split-complementary

#ADA740 #407DAD #7140AD

monochromatic

#54511F #807C2F #ADA740 #C6C064 #D6D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ADA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA740

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA740	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c07a',
    500: '#ada740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada740;
$custom-light: #c8c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.697,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71347,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.36892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA740

secondary

#878AC2

accent

#59D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA740

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

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