#ADA530#ADA530
#ADA530 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 | #ADA530 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 165, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 57%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 72%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 72.3%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.53, -10.72, 58.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.53, 59.15, 100.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.78% -0.0355 0.1288) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.78% 0.134 105.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.2235, 36.0091, 8.1015) |
| Luminance | 0.3601 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.15
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.21
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.17
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.18
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.48
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA530 #3038AD
analogous
#AD6630 #ADA530 #76AD30
triadic
#ADA530 #30ADA5 #A530AD
tetradic
#ADA530 #30AD66 #3038AD #AD3076
square
#ADA530 #30AD66 #3038AD #AD3076
split-complementary
#ADA530 #3076AD #6630AD
monochromatic
#4D4A15 #7D7723 #ADA530 #CEC54D #DBD57D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.56
#ADA530 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.20
#ADA530 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA530
8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA530 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA530 | 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)
#B49F1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A438
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada530; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.134 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9bf70',
500: '#ada530',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada530; $custom-light: #c9bf70; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada530",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 165,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.16,
"s": 56.561,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70776,
"c": 0.13359,
"h": 105.4
},
"luminance": 0.36008
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA530
secondary
#757AC3
accent
#52E048
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141208
muted
#82817B