#ADA52F#ADA52F

#ADA52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.134 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA52F
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -10.77, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 59.51, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0357 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.134 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2031, 36.0009, 7.9940)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA52F #2F37AD

analogous

#AD662F #ADA52F #76AD2F

triadic

#ADA52F #2FADA5 #A52FAD

tetradic

#ADA52F #2FAD66 #2F37AD #AD2F76

square

#ADA52F #2FAD66 #2F37AD #AD2F76

split-complementary

#ADA52F #2F76AD #662FAD

monochromatic

#4D4915 #7D7722 #ADA52F #CEC64B #DBD57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ADA52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA52F

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA52F	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)

#B49F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.134 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf70',
    500: '#ada52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada52f;
$custom-light: #c9bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70769,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA52F

secondary

#7479C4

accent

#51E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA52F

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

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