#ADA545#ADA545

#ADA545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA545
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -9.45, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 50.46, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0296 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.118 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7640, 36.2253, 10.9481)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA545 #454DAD

analogous

#AD7145 #ADA545 #81AD45

triadic

#ADA545 #45ADA5 #A545AD

tetradic

#ADA545 #45AD71 #454DAD #AD4581

square

#ADA545 #45AD71 #454DAD #AD4581

split-complementary

#ADA545 #4581AD #7145AD

monochromatic

#555222 #817B34 #ADA545 #C4BD6B #D5D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ADA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA545

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA545	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)

#B2A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf7c',
    500: '#ada545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada545;
$custom-light: #c8bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA545

secondary

#8C90C1

accent

#5FD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA545

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

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