#ADA536#ADA536

#ADA536 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	#ADA536
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -10.41, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 56.85, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.034 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.13 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3558, 36.0620, 8.7983)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA536 #363EAD

analogous

#AD6936 #ADA536 #7AAD36

triadic

#ADA536 #36ADA5 #A536AD

tetradic

#ADA536 #36AD69 #363EAD #AD367A

square

#ADA536 #36AD69 #363EAD #AD367A

split-complementary

#ADA536 #367AAD #6936AD

monochromatic

#504C19 #7E7927 #ADA536 #CAC256 #D9D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ADA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA536

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA536	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.130 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf74',
    500: '#ada536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada536;
$custom-light: #c9bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA536

secondary

#7C81C2

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA536

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

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