#ADA52E#ADA52E

#ADA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA52E
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -10.82, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 59.87, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0359 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1831, 35.9929, 7.8890)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA52E #2E36AD

analogous

#AD652E #ADA52E #76AD2E

triadic

#ADA52E #2EADA5 #A52EAD

tetradic

#ADA52E #2EAD65 #2E36AD #AD2E76

square

#ADA52E #2EAD65 #2E36AD #AD2E76

split-complementary

#ADA52E #2E76AD #652EAD

monochromatic

#4C4914 #7D7721 #ADA52E #CFC649 #DCD57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ADA52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA52E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA52E	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)

#B49F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf6f',
    500: '#ada52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada52e;
$custom-light: #c9bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70762,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA52E

secondary

#7378C4

accent

#50E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA52E

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

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