#ADA037#ADA037

#ADA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA037
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -7.71, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 54.65, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0262 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4953, 34.3030, 8.6285)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA037 #3744AD

analogous

#AD6537 #ADA037 #7FAD37

triadic

#ADA037 #37ADA0 #A037AD

tetradic

#ADA037 #37AD65 #3744AD #AD377F

square

#ADA037 #37AD65 #3744AD #AD377F

split-complementary

#ADA037 #377FAD #6537AD

monochromatic

#504A19 #7F7528 #ADA037 #CABD57 #D8CF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ADA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA037

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA037	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb74',
    500: '#ada037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada037;
$custom-light: #c9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69738,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA037

secondary

#7D85C2

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA037

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

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