#ADA53B#ADA53B

#ADA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA53B
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -10.12, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 54.82, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0326 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.4793, 36.1114, 9.4488)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA53B #3B43AD

analogous

#AD6C3B #ADA53B #7CAD3B

triadic

#ADA53B #3BADA5 #A53BAD

tetradic

#ADA53B #3BAD6C #3B43AD #AD3B7C

square

#ADA53B #3BAD6C #3B43AD #AD3B7C

split-complementary

#ADA53B #3B7CAD #6C3BAD

monochromatic

#524E1C #7F792B #ADA53B #C8C05D #D7D28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ADA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA53B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA53B	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)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf77',
    500: '#ada53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada53b;
$custom-light: #c8bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA53B

secondary

#8286C2

accent

#59D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA53B

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

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