#ADA63E#ADA63E

#ADA63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA63E
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -10.45, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 53.93, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0332 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7404, 36.5056, 9.9308)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA63E #3E45AD

analogous

#AD6E3E #ADA63E #7CAD3E

triadic

#ADA63E #3EADA6 #A63EAD

tetradic

#ADA63E #3EAD6E #3E45AD #AD3E7C

square

#ADA63E #3EAD6E #3E45AD #AD3E7C

split-complementary

#ADA63E #3E7CAD #6E3EAD

monochromatic

#53501E #807B2E #ADA63E #C7C062 #D7D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#ADA63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA63E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA63E	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)

#B4A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c078',
    500: '#ada63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada63e;
$custom-light: #c8c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71109,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA63E

secondary

#8589C2

accent

#59D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA63E

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

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