#ADA03E#ADA03E

#ADA03E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA03E
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -7.29, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 51.68, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0242 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6751, 34.3749, 9.5757)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA03E #3E4BAD

analogous

#AD683E #ADA03E #82AD3E

triadic

#ADA03E #3EADA0 #A03EAD

tetradic

#ADA03E #3EAD68 #3E4BAD #AD3E82

square

#ADA03E #3EAD68 #3E4BAD #AD3E82

split-complementary

#ADA03E #3E82AD #683EAD

monochromatic

#534D1E #80762E #ADA03E #C7BB62 #D7CE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#ADA03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA03E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA03E	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)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb78',
    500: '#ada03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada03e;
$custom-light: #c8bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA03E

secondary

#858CC2

accent

#61D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA03E

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

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