#ADA83B#ADA83B

#ADA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA83B
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -11.69, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 55.97, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.037 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0268, 37.2063, 9.6313)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA83B #3B40AD

analogous

#AD6F3B #ADA83B #79AD3B

triadic

#ADA83B #3BADA8 #A83BAD

tetradic

#ADA83B #3BAD6F #3B40AD #AD3B79

square

#ADA83B #3BAD6F #3B40AD #AD3B79

split-complementary

#ADA83B #3B79AD #6F3BAD

monochromatic

#524F1C #7F7C2B #ADA83B #C8C35D #D7D48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#ADA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA83B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA83B	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c177',
    500: '#ada83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada83b;
$custom-light: #c8c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71521,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA83B

secondary

#8285C2

accent

#55D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA83B

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

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