#ADA837#ADA837

#ADA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA837
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -11.92, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 57.58, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0381 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.132 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9270, 37.1664, 9.1057)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA837 #373CAD

analogous

#AD6D37 #ADA837 #77AD37

triadic

#ADA837 #37ADA8 #A837AD

tetradic

#ADA837 #37AD6D #373CAD #AD3777

square

#ADA837 #37AD6D #373CAD #AD3777

split-complementary

#ADA837 #3777AD #6D37AD

monochromatic

#504E19 #7F7B28 #ADA837 #CAC557 #D8D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#ADA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA837

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA837	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c175',
    500: '#ada837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada837;
$custom-light: #c9c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA837

secondary

#7D80C2

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA837

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

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