#ADA437#ADA437

#ADA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA437
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -9.83, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 56.08, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0322 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1999, 35.7122, 8.8634)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA437 #3740AD

analogous

#AD6937 #ADA437 #7BAD37

triadic

#ADA437 #37ADA4 #A437AD

tetradic

#ADA437 #37AD69 #3740AD #AD377B

square

#ADA437 #37AD69 #3740AD #AD377B

split-complementary

#ADA437 #377BAD #6937AD

monochromatic

#504C19 #7F7828 #ADA437 #CAC157 #D8D286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#ADA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA437

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA437	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be74',
    500: '#ada437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada437;
$custom-light: #c9be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7061,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA437

secondary

#7D83C2

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA437

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

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