#ADA524#ADA524

#ADA524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA524
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -11.23, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 63.18, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.038 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0085, 35.9231, 6.9692)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA524 #242CAD

analogous

#AD6024 #ADA524 #70AD24

triadic

#ADA524 #24ADA5 #A524AD

tetradic

#ADA524 #24AD60 #242CAD #AD2470

square

#ADA524 #24AD60 #242CAD #AD2470

split-complementary

#ADA524 #2470AD #6024AD

monochromatic

#48440F #7A7519 #ADA524 #D6CD39 #E0D96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ADA524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#ADA524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA524

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA524	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6b',
    500: '#ada524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada524;
$custom-light: #c9bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70703,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA524

secondary

#666CC6

accent

#49E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA524

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

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