#ADA82C#ADA82C

#ADA82C 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	#ADA82C
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -12.47, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 61.64, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0408 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6921, 37.0725, 7.8687)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA82C #2C31AD

analogous

#AD672C #ADA82C #72AD2C

triadic

#ADA82C #2CADA8 #A82CAD

tetradic

#ADA82C #2CAD67 #2C31AD #AD2C72

square

#ADA82C #2CAD67 #2C31AD #AD2C72

split-complementary

#ADA82C #2C72AD #672CAD

monochromatic

#4B4913 #7C7920 #ADA82C #D0CB46 #DCD877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA82C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#ADA82C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA82C

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA82C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA82C	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)

#B6A112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada82c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16f',
    500: '#ada82c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada82c;
$custom-light: #c9c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada82c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7141,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA82C

secondary

#7174C4

accent

#4BE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA82C

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

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