#ADA63B#ADA63B

#ADA63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA63B
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -10.64, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 55.20, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0341 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.127 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6604, 36.4736, 9.5092)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA63B #3B42AD

analogous

#AD6D3B #ADA63B #7BAD3B

triadic

#ADA63B #3BADA6 #A63BAD

tetradic

#ADA63B #3BAD6D #3B42AD #AD3B7B

square

#ADA63B #3BAD6D #3B42AD #AD3B7B

split-complementary

#ADA63B #3B7BAD #6D3BAD

monochromatic

#524E1C #7F7A2B #ADA63B #C8C15D #D7D38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#ADA63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA63B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA63B	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c077',
    500: '#ada63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada63b;
$custom-light: #c8c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA63B

secondary

#8286C2

accent

#58D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA63B

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

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