#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
RGBrgb(173, 167, 66)
HSLhsl(57, 45%, 47%)
HSVhsv(57, 62%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.21, -10.71, 51.49)
CIE-LCHlch(67.21, 52.60, 101.75°)
OKLaboklab(71.37% -0.0335 0.1177)
OKLCHoklch(71.37% 0.122 105.9)
XYZxyz(32.0368, 36.9161, 10.5911)
Luminance0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##ADA7421.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

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

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#ADA742 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva