#ADA43A#ADA43A

#ADA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA43A
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -9.65, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 54.86, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0314 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.126 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2740, 35.7418, 9.2537)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA43A #3A43AD

analogous

#AD6A3A #ADA43A #7DAD3A

triadic

#ADA43A #3AADA4 #A43AAD

tetradic

#ADA43A #3AAD6A #3A43AD #AD3A7D

square

#ADA43A #3AAD6A #3A43AD #AD3A7D

split-complementary

#ADA43A #3A7DAD #6A3AAD

monochromatic

#514D1B #7F792B #ADA43A #C8C05C #D8D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ADA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA43A

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA43A	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be76',
    500: '#ada43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada43a;
$custom-light: #c8be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA43A

secondary

#8186C2

accent

#59D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA43A

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

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