#ADA937#ADA937

#ADA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA937
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -12.44, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 57.96, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0396 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.133 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1123, 37.5371, 9.1675)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA937 #373BAD

analogous

#AD6E37 #ADA937 #76AD37

triadic

#ADA937 #37ADA9 #A937AD

tetradic

#ADA937 #37AD6E #373BAD #AD3776

square

#ADA937 #37AD6E #373BAD #AD3776

split-complementary

#ADA937 #3776AD #6E37AD

monochromatic

#504E19 #7F7C28 #ADA937 #CAC657 #D8D686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ADA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ADA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA937

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA937	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c275',
    500: '#ada937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada937;
$custom-light: #c9c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71708,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA937

secondary

#7D80C2

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA937

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

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