#ADA73C#ADA73C

#ADA73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA73C
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -11.10, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 55.17, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0353 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8691, 36.8490, 9.7079)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA73C #3C42AD

analogous

#AD6E3C #ADA73C #7AAD3C

triadic

#ADA73C #3CADA7 #A73CAD

tetradic

#ADA73C #3CAD6E #3C42AD #AD3C7A

square

#ADA73C #3CAD6E #3C42AD #AD3C7A

split-complementary

#ADA73C #3C7AAD #6E3CAD

monochromatic

#524F1C #807B2C #ADA73C #C7C25F #D7D38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ADA73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA73C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA73C	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)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c077',
    500: '#ada73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada73c;
$custom-light: #c8c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA73C

secondary

#8386C2

accent

#57D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA73C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →