#ADA83D#ADA83D

#ADA83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA83D
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -11.56, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 55.14, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0365 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.127 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0796, 37.2275, 9.9098)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA83D #3D42AD

analogous

#AD703D #ADA83D #7AAD3D

triadic

#ADA83D #3DADA8 #A83DAD

tetradic

#ADA83D #3DAD70 #3D42AD #AD3D7A

square

#ADA83D #3DAD70 #3D42AD #AD3D7A

split-complementary

#ADA83D #3D7AAD #703DAD

monochromatic

#53501D #807C2D #ADA83D #C7C260 #D7D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ADA83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA83D

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA83D	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c178',
    500: '#ada83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada83d;
$custom-light: #c8c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71539,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA83D

secondary

#8487C2

accent

#56D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA83D

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

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