#ADA53E#ADA53E

#ADA53E 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	#ADA53E
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -9.93, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 53.55, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0317 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5594, 36.1434, 9.8705)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA53E #3E46AD

analogous

#AD6D3E #ADA53E #7DAD3E

triadic

#ADA53E #3EADA5 #A53EAD

tetradic

#ADA53E #3EAD6D #3E46AD #AD3E7D

square

#ADA53E #3EAD6D #3E46AD #AD3E7D

split-complementary

#ADA53E #3E7DAD #6D3EAD

monochromatic

#534F1E #807A2E #ADA53E #C7BF62 #D7D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#ADA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA53E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA53E	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)

#B39F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf78',
    500: '#ada53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada53e;
$custom-light: #c8bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70891,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA53E

secondary

#8589C2

accent

#5BD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA53E

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

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