#ADA540#ADA540

#ADA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA540
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -9.80, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 52.68, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0311 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.122 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6153, 36.1658, 10.1648)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA540 #4048AD

analogous

#AD6F40 #ADA540 #7FAD40

triadic

#ADA540 #40ADA5 #A540AD

tetradic

#ADA540 #40AD6F #4048AD #AD407F

square

#ADA540 #40AD6F #4048AD #AD407F

split-complementary

#ADA540 #407FAD #6F40AD

monochromatic

#54501F #807A2F #ADA540 #C6BF64 #D6D191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#ADA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA540

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA540	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)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf79',
    500: '#ada540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada540;
$custom-light: #c8bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7091,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA540

secondary

#878CC2

accent

#5CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA540

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

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