#ADA73A#ADA73A

#ADA73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.129 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA73A
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -11.22, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 55.99, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0358 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.129 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8172, 36.8283, 9.4347)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA73A #3A40AD

analogous

#AD6E3A #ADA73A #79AD3A

triadic

#ADA73A #3AADA7 #A73AAD

tetradic

#ADA73A #3AAD6E #3A40AD #AD3A79

square

#ADA73A #3AAD6E #3A40AD #AD3A79

split-complementary

#ADA73A #3A79AD #6E3AAD

monochromatic

#514F1B #7F7B2B #ADA73A #C8C35C #D8D48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ADA73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA73A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA73A	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.129 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c076',
    500: '#ada73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada73a;
$custom-light: #c8c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71293,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA73A

secondary

#8184C2

accent

#56D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA73A

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

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