#ADA63C#ADA63C

#ADA63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA63C
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -10.58, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 54.78, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0338 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6866, 36.4840, 9.6471)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA63C #3C43AD

analogous

#AD6D3C #ADA63C #7BAD3C

triadic

#ADA63C #3CADA6 #A63CAD

tetradic

#ADA63C #3CAD6D #3C43AD #AD3C7B

square

#ADA63C #3CAD6D #3C43AD #AD3C7B

split-complementary

#ADA63C #3C7BAD #6D3CAD

monochromatic

#524F1C #807A2C #ADA63C #C7C15F #D7D38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#ADA63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA63C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA63C	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c077',
    500: '#ada63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada63c;
$custom-light: #c8c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71091,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA63C

secondary

#8387C2

accent

#58D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA63C

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

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