#ADA23E#ADA23E

#ADA23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA23E
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -8.35, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 52.41, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0272 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.121 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.0246, 35.0739, 9.6922)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA23E #3E49AD

analogous

#AD6A3E #ADA23E #80AD3E

triadic

#ADA23E #3EADA2 #A23EAD

tetradic

#ADA23E #3EAD6A #3E49AD #AD3E80

square

#ADA23E #3EAD6A #3E49AD #AD3E80

split-complementary

#ADA23E #3E80AD #6A3EAD

monochromatic

#534E1E #80782E #ADA23E #C7BD62 #D7D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#ADA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA23E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA23E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd78',
    500: '#ada23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada23e;
$custom-light: #c8bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70236,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA23E

secondary

#858BC2

accent

#5ED751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA23E

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

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