#ADA03B#ADA03B

#ADA03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA03B
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -7.48, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 52.97, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0251 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5950, 34.3429, 9.1541)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA03B #3B48AD

analogous

#AD673B #ADA03B #81AD3B

triadic

#ADA03B #3BADA0 #A03BAD

tetradic

#ADA03B #3BAD67 #3B48AD #AD3B81

square

#ADA03B #3BAD67 #3B48AD #AD3B81

split-complementary

#ADA03B #3B81AD #673BAD

monochromatic

#524C1C #7F762B #ADA03B #C8BC5D #D7CF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#ADA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA03B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA03B	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)

#AE9B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb76',
    500: '#ada03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada03b;
$custom-light: #c8bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69773,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA03B

secondary

#8289C2

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA03B

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

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