#ADA53A#ADA53A

#ADA53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA53A
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -10.18, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 55.23, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0329 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.127 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.4536, 36.1011, 9.3135)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA53A #3A42AD

analogous

#AD6B3A #ADA53A #7BAD3A

triadic

#ADA53A #3AADA5 #A53AAD

tetradic

#ADA53A #3AAD6B #3A42AD #AD3A7B

square

#ADA53A #3AAD6B #3A42AD #AD3A7B

split-complementary

#ADA53A #3A7BAD #6B3AAD

monochromatic

#514E1B #7F792B #ADA53A #C8C15C #D8D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ADA53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA53A

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA53A	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf76',
    500: '#ada53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada53a;
$custom-light: #c8bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA53A

secondary

#8185C2

accent

#58D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA53A

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

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