#ADA539#ADA539

#ADA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA539
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -10.24, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 55.64, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0331 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4284, 36.0911, 9.1809)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA539 #3941AD

analogous

#AD6B39 #ADA539 #7BAD39

triadic

#ADA539 #39ADA5 #A539AD

tetradic

#ADA539 #39AD6B #3941AD #AD397B

square

#ADA539 #39AD6B #3941AD #AD397B

split-complementary

#ADA539 #397BAD #6B39AD

monochromatic

#514D1B #7F792A #ADA539 #C9C15A #D8D288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ADA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA539

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA539	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf75',
    500: '#ada539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada539;
$custom-light: #c9bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70846,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA539

secondary

#8084C2

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA539

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

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