#ADA43F#ADA43F

#ADA43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA43F
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -9.34, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 52.73, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0299 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4074, 35.7952, 9.9564)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA43F #3F48AD

analogous

#AD6D3F #ADA43F #7FAD3F

triadic

#ADA43F #3FADA4 #A43FAD

tetradic

#ADA43F #3FAD6D #3F48AD #AD3F7F

square

#ADA43F #3FAD6D #3F48AD #AD3F7F

split-complementary

#ADA43F #3F7FAD #6D3FAD

monochromatic

#534F1E #80792F #ADA43F #C6BE63 #D7D190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ADA43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ADA43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA43F

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA43F	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)

#B29F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be79',
    500: '#ada43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada43f;
$custom-light: #c8be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA43F

secondary

#868BC2

accent

#5CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA43F

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

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