#ADA541#ADA541

#ADA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA541
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -9.73, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 52.25, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0308 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.121 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6440, 36.1773, 10.3160)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA541 #4149AD

analogous

#AD6F41 #ADA541 #7FAD41

triadic

#ADA541 #41ADA5 #A541AD

tetradic

#ADA541 #41AD6F #4149AD #AD417F

square

#ADA541 #41AD6F #4149AD #AD417F

split-complementary

#ADA541 #417FAD #6F41AD

monochromatic

#545020 #817B30 #ADA541 #C5BE66 #D6D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ADA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA541

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA541	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf7a',
    500: '#ada541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada541;
$custom-light: #c8bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70919,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA541

secondary

#888DC2

accent

#5CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA541

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

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