#ADA529#ADA529

#ADA529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.138 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA529
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -11.04, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 61.60, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.037 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0903, 35.9558, 7.3999)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA529 #2931AD

analogous

#AD6329 #ADA529 #73AD29

triadic

#ADA529 #29ADA5 #A529AD

tetradic

#ADA529 #29AD63 #2931AD #AD2973

square

#ADA529 #29AD63 #2931AD #AD2973

split-complementary

#ADA529 #2973AD #6329AD

monochromatic

#4A4712 #7C761D #ADA529 #D2C941 #DED773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ADA529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA529

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA529	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6d',
    500: '#ada529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada529;
$custom-light: #c9bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70731,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA529

secondary

#6D72C5

accent

#4DE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA529

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

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