#ADA23D#ADA23D

#ADA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA23D
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -8.41, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 52.85, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0275 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.122 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9974, 35.0630, 9.5490)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA23D #3D48AD

analogous

#AD6A3D #ADA23D #80AD3D

triadic

#ADA23D #3DADA2 #A23DAD

tetradic

#ADA23D #3DAD6A #3D48AD #AD3D80

square

#ADA23D #3DAD6A #3D48AD #AD3D80

split-complementary

#ADA23D #3D80AD #6A3DAD

monochromatic

#534D1D #80782D #ADA23D #C7BD60 #D7D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#ADA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA23D

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA23D	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)

#B09D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd77',
    500: '#ada23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada23d;
$custom-light: #c8bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA23D

secondary

#848AC2

accent

#5ED750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA23D

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

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