#ADA43C#ADA43C

#ADA43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ADA43C
RGBrgb(173, 164, 60)
HSLhsl(55, 48%, 46%)
HSVhsv(55, 65%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.34, -9.53, 53.17)
CIE-LCHlch(66.34, 54.02, 100.16°)
OKLaboklab(70.65% -0.0308 0.1203)
OKLCHoklch(70.65% 0.124 104.4)
XYZxyz(31.3258, 35.7626, 9.5269)
Luminance0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ADA43C #3C45AD
analogous
#AD6B3C #ADA43C #7DAD3C
triadic
#ADA43C #3CADA4 #A43CAD
tetradic
#ADA43C #3CAD6B #3C45AD #AD3C7D
square
#ADA43C #3CAD6B #3C45AD #AD3C7D
split-complementary
#ADA43C #3C7DAD #6B3CAD
monochromatic
#524E1C #80792C #ADA43C #C7BF5F #D7D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#ADA43C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15
#ADA43C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA43C
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ADA43C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ADA43C1.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A442
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA998E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ada43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 104.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be77',
    500: '#ada43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ada43c;
$custom-light: #c8be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ada43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ADA43C
secondary
#8388C2
accent
#5BD850
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141209
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA43C

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#ADA43C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva