#ADA82B#ADA82B

#ADA82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.139 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA82B
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -12.51, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 61.98, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.041 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6735, 37.0650, 7.7709)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA82B #2B30AD

analogous

#AD672B #ADA82B #71AD2B

triadic

#ADA82B #2BADA8 #A82BAD

tetradic

#ADA82B #2BAD67 #2B30AD #AD2B71

square

#ADA82B #2BAD67 #2B30AD #AD2B71

split-complementary

#ADA82B #2B71AD #672BAD

monochromatic

#4B4913 #7C781F #ADA82B #D1CB45 #DDD976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#ADA82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA82B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA82B	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)

#B7A10F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16e',
    500: '#ada82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada82b;
$custom-light: #c9c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA82B

secondary

#6F73C4

accent

#4BE344

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA82B

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

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