#ADA82D#ADA82D

#ADA82D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA82D
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -12.43, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 61.30, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0405 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7111, 37.0801, 7.9689)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA82D #2D32AD

analogous

#AD682D #ADA82D #72AD2D

triadic

#ADA82D #2DADA8 #A82DAD

tetradic

#ADA82D #2DAD68 #2D32AD #AD2D72

square

#ADA82D #2DAD68 #2D32AD #AD2D72

split-complementary

#ADA82D #2D72AD #682DAD

monochromatic

#4C4A14 #7C7920 #ADA82D #CFCA48 #DCD878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA82D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#ADA82D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA82D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA82D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA82D	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada82d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16f',
    500: '#ada82d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada82d;
$custom-light: #c9c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada82d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71416,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA82D

secondary

#7275C4

accent

#4CE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA82D

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

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