#ADA03A#ADA03A
#ADA03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADA03A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 160, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 50%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 66%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66.5%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.23, -7.54, 52.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.23, 53.40, 98.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.76% -0.0254 0.1193) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.76% 0.122 102) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.5694, 34.3326, 9.0188) |
| Luminance | 0.3433 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.09
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.30
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.61
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.29
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.39
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA03A #3A47AD
analogous
#AD663A #ADA03A #81AD3A
triadic
#ADA03A #3AADA0 #A03AAD
tetradic
#ADA03A #3AAD66 #3A47AD #AD3A81
square
#ADA03A #3AAD66 #3A47AD #AD3A81
split-complementary
#ADA03A #3A81AD #663AAD
monochromatic
#514B1B #7F762B #ADA03A #C8BC5C #D8CF8A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.67
#ADA03A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.87
#ADA03A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA03A
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA03A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA03A | 1.00 | 2.67 | 7.87 | 7.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9B2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A140
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA958B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada03a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 102.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8bb75',
500: '#ada03a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada03a; $custom-light: #c8bb75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada03a",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 160,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.217,
"s": 49.784,
"l": 45.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69764,
"c": 0.122,
"h": 102
},
"luminance": 0.34331
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA03A
secondary
#8188C2
accent
#5ED94E
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141109
muted
#82807B