#ADA043#ADA043

#ADA043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA043
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -6.95, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 49.45, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0226 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8187, 34.4323, 10.3318)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA043 #4350AD

analogous

#AD6B43 #ADA043 #85AD43

triadic

#ADA043 #43ADA0 #A043AD

tetradic

#ADA043 #43AD6B #4350AD #AD4385

square

#ADA043 #43AD6B #4350AD #AD4385

split-complementary

#ADA043 #4385AD #6B43AD

monochromatic

#554E21 #817732 #ADA043 #C5B968 #D6CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#ADA043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA043

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA043	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb7b',
    500: '#ada043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada043;
$custom-light: #c8bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69852,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA043

secondary

#8A91C1

accent

#64D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA043

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

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