#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
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -9.53, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 54.02, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0308 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.124 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3258, 35.7626, 9.5269)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##ADA43C	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)

#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

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

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