#ADA535#ADA535

#ADA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.130 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA535
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -10.46, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 57.25, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0342 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.13 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3326, 36.0527, 8.6759)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA535 #353DAD

analogous

#AD6935 #ADA535 #79AD35

triadic

#ADA535 #35ADA5 #A535AD

tetradic

#ADA535 #35AD69 #353DAD #AD3579

square

#ADA535 #35AD69 #353DAD #AD3579

split-complementary

#ADA535 #3579AD #6935AD

monochromatic

#4F4C18 #7E7827 #ADA535 #CBC354 #D9D383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ADA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA535

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA535	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)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.130 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf73',
    500: '#ada535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada535;
$custom-light: #c9bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70813,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA535

secondary

#7B80C3

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA535

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

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