#ADA533#ADA533
#ADA533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADA533 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 165, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 54%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 71%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 70.5%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.55, -10.57, 57.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.55, 58.02, 100.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.8% -0.0347 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.8% 0.132 105.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.2875, 36.0347, 8.4386) |
| Luminance | 0.3603 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
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Puke
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Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
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Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.27
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.61
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA533 #333BAD
analogous
#AD6833 #ADA533 #78AD33
triadic
#ADA533 #33ADA5 #A533AD
tetradic
#ADA533 #33AD68 #333BAD #AD3378
square
#ADA533 #33AD68 #333BAD #AD3378
split-complementary
#ADA533 #3378AD #6833AD
monochromatic
#4E4B17 #7E7825 #ADA533 #CCC451 #DAD481
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.56
#ADA533 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.21
#ADA533 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA533
8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA533 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA533 | 1.00 | 2.56 | 8.21 | 8.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A43B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA9A8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada533; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 105.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9bf72',
500: '#ada533',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada533; $custom-light: #c9bf72; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada533",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 165,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.066,
"s": 54.464,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70798,
"c": 0.13165,
"h": 105.3
},
"luminance": 0.36034
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA533
secondary
#797EC3
accent
#54DE4A
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141208
muted
#82817B