#ADA53D#ADA53D

#ADA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA53D
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -9.99, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 53.98, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.032 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5322, 36.1326, 9.7273)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA53D #3D45AD

analogous

#AD6D3D #ADA53D #7DAD3D

triadic

#ADA53D #3DADA5 #A53DAD

tetradic

#ADA53D #3DAD6D #3D45AD #AD3D7D

square

#ADA53D #3DAD6D #3D45AD #AD3D7D

split-complementary

#ADA53D #3D7DAD #6D3DAD

monochromatic

#534F1D #807A2D #ADA53D #C7C060 #D7D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#ADA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA53D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA53D	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf78',
    500: '#ada53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada53d;
$custom-light: #c8bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA53D

secondary

#8488C2

accent

#5AD750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA53D

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

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