#ADA82A#ADA82A
#ADA82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.140 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADA82A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 168, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 61%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 76%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 75.7%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.32, -12.56, 61.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.32, 62.32, 101.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.4% -0.0412 0.1338) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.4% 0.14 107.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.6554, 37.0578, 7.6754) |
| Luminance | 0.3706 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.43
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.53
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.97
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 5.42
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.67
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA82A #2A2FAD
analogous
#AD672A #ADA82A #71AD2A
triadic
#ADA82A #2AADA8 #A82AAD
tetradic
#ADA82A #2AAD67 #2A2FAD #AD2A71
square
#ADA82A #2AAD67 #2A2FAD #AD2A71
split-complementary
#ADA82A #2A71AD #672AAD
monochromatic
#4B4812 #7C781E #ADA82A #D1CC43 #DDD974
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#ADA82A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.41
#ADA82A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA82A
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA82A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA82A | 1.00 | 2.50 | 8.41 | 8.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A10D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A634
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9D90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada82a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.140 107.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9c16e',
500: '#ada82a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada82a; $custom-light: #c9c16e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada82a",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 168,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.71,
"s": 60.93,
"l": 42.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71397,
"c": 0.13996,
"h": 107.1
},
"luminance": 0.37057
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA82A
secondary
#6E71C5
accent
#4AE444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F7EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#82817B