#ADA73B#ADA73B

#ADA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA73B
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -11.16, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 55.58, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0356 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.128 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8429, 36.8385, 9.5700)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA73B #3B41AD

analogous

#AD6E3B #ADA73B #7AAD3B

triadic

#ADA73B #3BADA7 #A73BAD

tetradic

#ADA73B #3BAD6E #3B41AD #AD3B7A

square

#ADA73B #3BAD6E #3B41AD #AD3B7A

split-complementary

#ADA73B #3B7AAD #6E3BAD

monochromatic

#524F1C #7F7B2B #ADA73B #C8C25D #D7D38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ADA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA73B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA73B	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)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c077',
    500: '#ada73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada73b;
$custom-light: #c8c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71302,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA73B

secondary

#8285C2

accent

#56D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA73B

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

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