#ADA52C#ADA52C

#ADA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA52C
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -10.91, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 60.58, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0364 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1446, 35.9775, 7.6862)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA52C #2C34AD

analogous

#AD642C #ADA52C #75AD2C

triadic

#ADA52C #2CADA5 #A52CAD

tetradic

#ADA52C #2CAD64 #2C34AD #AD2C75

square

#ADA52C #2CAD64 #2C34AD #AD2C75

split-complementary

#ADA52C #2C75AD #642CAD

monochromatic

#4B4813 #7C7620 #ADA52C #D0C746 #DCD677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ADA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA52C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA52C	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6e',
    500: '#ada52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada52c;
$custom-light: #c9bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA52C

secondary

#7176C4

accent

#4FE345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA52C

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

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