#ADA531#ADA531

#ADA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.133 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA531
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -10.67, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 58.78, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0352 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.133 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2444, 36.0174, 8.2114)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA531 #3139AD

analogous

#AD6731 #ADA531 #77AD31

triadic

#ADA531 #31ADA5 #A531AD

tetradic

#ADA531 #31AD67 #3139AD #AD3177

square

#ADA531 #31AD67 #3139AD #AD3177

split-complementary

#ADA531 #3177AD #6731AD

monochromatic

#4E4A16 #7D7823 #ADA531 #CDC54E #DAD47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ADA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA531

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA531	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)

#B39F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.133 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf71',
    500: '#ada531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada531;
$custom-light: #c9bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA531

secondary

#777BC3

accent

#52DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA531

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

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