#ADA137#ADA137

#ADA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA137
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -8.24, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 55.00, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0277 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.125 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6693, 34.6511, 8.6865)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA137 #3743AD

analogous

#AD6637 #ADA137 #7EAD37

triadic

#ADA137 #37ADA1 #A137AD

tetradic

#ADA137 #37AD66 #3743AD #AD377E

square

#ADA137 #37AD66 #3743AD #AD377E

split-complementary

#ADA137 #377EAD #6637AD

monochromatic

#504B19 #7F7628 #ADA137 #CABE57 #D8D086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ADA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ADA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA137

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA137	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc74',
    500: '#ada137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada137;
$custom-light: #c9bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69956,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA137

secondary

#7D84C2

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA137

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

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