#ADA233#ADA233

#ADA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA233
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -8.99, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 56.95, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0303 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7527, 34.9652, 8.2604)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA233 #333EAD

analogous

#AD6533 #ADA233 #7BAD33

triadic

#ADA233 #33ADA2 #A233AD

tetradic

#ADA233 #33AD65 #333EAD #AD337B

square

#ADA233 #33AD65 #333EAD #AD337B

split-complementary

#ADA233 #337BAD #6533AD

monochromatic

#4E4917 #7E7625 #ADA233 #CCC151 #DAD281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#ADA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA233

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA233	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd72',
    500: '#ada233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada233;
$custom-light: #c9bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA233

secondary

#7980C3

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA233

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

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