#ADA237#ADA237

#ADA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA237
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -8.77, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 55.36, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0292 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8448, 35.0020, 8.7450)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA237 #3742AD

analogous

#AD6737 #ADA237 #7DAD37

triadic

#ADA237 #37ADA2 #A237AD

tetradic

#ADA237 #37AD67 #3742AD #AD377D

square

#ADA237 #37AD67 #3742AD #AD377D

split-complementary

#ADA237 #377DAD #6737AD

monochromatic

#504B19 #7F7728 #ADA237 #CABF57 #D8D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#ADA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA237

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA237	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd74',
    500: '#ada237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada237;
$custom-light: #c9bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA237

secondary

#7D84C2

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA237

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

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