#ADA43D#ADA43D

#ADA43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA43D
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -9.47, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 53.60, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0305 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.123 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3525, 35.7732, 9.6674)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA43D #3D46AD

analogous

#AD6C3D #ADA43D #7EAD3D

triadic

#ADA43D #3DADA4 #A43DAD

tetradic

#ADA43D #3DAD6C #3D46AD #AD3D7E

square

#ADA43D #3DAD6C #3D46AD #AD3D7E

split-complementary

#ADA43D #3D7EAD #6C3DAD

monochromatic

#534E1D #80792D #ADA43D #C7BF60 #D7D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ADA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA43D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA43D	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)

#B29F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be78',
    500: '#ada43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada43d;
$custom-light: #c8be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA43D

secondary

#8489C2

accent

#5BD750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA43D

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

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