#ADA23F#ADA23F

#ADA23F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA23F
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -8.28, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 51.98, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0269 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.12 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.0523, 35.0850, 9.8381)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA23F #3F4AAD

analogous

#AD6B3F #ADA23F #81AD3F

triadic

#ADA23F #3FADA2 #A23FAD

tetradic

#ADA23F #3FAD6B #3F4AAD #AD3F81

square

#ADA23F #3FAD6B #3F4AAD #AD3F81

split-complementary

#ADA23F #3F81AD #6B3FAD

monochromatic

#534E1E #80782F #ADA23F #C6BC63 #D7CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ADA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA23F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA23F	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd79',
    500: '#ada23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada23f;
$custom-light: #c8bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70246,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA23F

secondary

#868CC2

accent

#5FD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA23F

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

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