#ADA53C#ADA53C

#ADA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA53C
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -10.06, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 54.40, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0323 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.5055, 36.1219, 9.5867)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA53C #3C44AD

analogous

#AD6C3C #ADA53C #7CAD3C

triadic

#ADA53C #3CADA5 #A53CAD

tetradic

#ADA53C #3CAD6C #3C44AD #AD3C7C

square

#ADA53C #3CAD6C #3C44AD #AD3C7C

split-complementary

#ADA53C #3C7CAD #6C3CAD

monochromatic

#524E1C #807A2C #ADA53C #C7C05F #D7D28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ADA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA53C

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA53C	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)

#B39F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf77',
    500: '#ada53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada53c;
$custom-light: #c8bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA53C

secondary

#8387C2

accent

#59D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA53C

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

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