#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

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA82A

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

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