#ADA537#ADA537

#ADA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA537
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -10.35, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 56.45, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0337 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.129 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3795, 36.0715, 8.9233)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA537 #373FAD

analogous

#AD6A37 #ADA537 #7AAD37

triadic

#ADA537 #37ADA5 #A537AD

tetradic

#ADA537 #37AD6A #373FAD #AD377A

square

#ADA537 #37AD6A #373FAD #AD377A

split-complementary

#ADA537 #377AAD #6A37AD

monochromatic

#504C19 #7F7928 #ADA537 #CAC257 #D8D386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ADA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA537

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA537	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf74',
    500: '#ada537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada537;
$custom-light: #c9bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70829,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA537

secondary

#7D82C2

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA537

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

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