#ADA43E#ADA43E

#ADA43E 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 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA43E
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -9.40, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 53.17, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0302 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.123 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3797, 35.7841, 9.8106)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA43E #3E47AD

analogous

#AD6C3E #ADA43E #7EAD3E

triadic

#ADA43E #3EADA4 #A43EAD

tetradic

#ADA43E #3EAD6C #3E47AD #AD3E7E

square

#ADA43E #3EAD6C #3E47AD #AD3E7E

split-complementary

#ADA43E #3E7EAD #6C3EAD

monochromatic

#534F1E #80792E #ADA43E #C7BE62 #D7D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ADA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ADA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA43E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA43E	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be78',
    500: '#ada43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada43e;
$custom-light: #c8be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70672,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA43E

secondary

#858AC2

accent

#5CD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA43E

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

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