#ADA53F#ADA53F

#ADA53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA53F
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -9.86, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 53.12, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0314 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5871, 36.1545, 10.0163)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA53F #3F47AD

analogous

#AD6E3F #ADA53F #7EAD3F

triadic

#ADA53F #3FADA5 #A53FAD

tetradic

#ADA53F #3FAD6E #3F47AD #AD3F7E

square

#ADA53F #3FAD6E #3F47AD #AD3F7E

split-complementary

#ADA53F #3F7EAD #6E3FAD

monochromatic

#534F1E #807A2F #ADA53F #C6BF63 #D7D190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#ADA53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA53F

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA53F	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)

#B39F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf79',
    500: '#ada53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada53f;
$custom-light: #c8bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.709,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA53F

secondary

#868BC2

accent

#5BD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA53F

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

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