#ADA43B#ADA43B

#ADA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA43B
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -9.59, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 54.44, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0311 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2997, 35.7521, 9.3889)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA43B #3B44AD

analogous

#AD6B3B #ADA43B #7DAD3B

triadic

#ADA43B #3BADA4 #A43BAD

tetradic

#ADA43B #3BAD6B #3B44AD #AD3B7D

square

#ADA43B #3BAD6B #3B44AD #AD3B7D

split-complementary

#ADA43B #3B7DAD #6B3BAD

monochromatic

#524D1C #7F792B #ADA43B #C8BF5D #D7D18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ADA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA43B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA43B	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)

#B29E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be76',
    500: '#ada43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada43b;
$custom-light: #c8be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70645,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA43B

secondary

#8287C2

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA43B

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

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