#ADA742#ADA742

#ADA742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA742
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -10.71, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 52.60, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0335 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.122 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0368, 36.9161, 10.5911)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA742 #4248AD

analogous

#AD7242 #ADA742 #7DAD42

triadic

#ADA742 #42ADA7 #A742AD

tetradic

#ADA742 #42AD72 #4248AD #AD427D

square

#ADA742 #42AD72 #4248AD #AD427D

split-complementary

#ADA742 #427DAD #7242AD

monochromatic

#545120 #817C31 #ADA742 #C5C067 #D6D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ADA742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA742

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA742	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)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c07b',
    500: '#ada742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada742;
$custom-light: #c8c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71367,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA742

secondary

#898CC1

accent

#5BD453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA742

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

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