#ADA23A#ADA23A

#ADA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA23A
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -8.60, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 54.12, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0284 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9189, 35.0316, 9.1353)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA23A #3A45AD

analogous

#AD683A #ADA23A #7EAD3A

triadic

#ADA23A #3AADA2 #A23AAD

tetradic

#ADA23A #3AAD68 #3A45AD #AD3A7E

square

#ADA23A #3AAD68 #3A45AD #AD3A7E

split-complementary

#ADA23A #3A7EAD #683AAD

monochromatic

#514C1B #7F772B #ADA23A #C8BE5C #D8D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#ADA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA23A

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA23A	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd76',
    500: '#ada23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada23a;
$custom-light: #c8bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70199,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA23A

secondary

#8187C2

accent

#5CD94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA23A

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

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