#ADA036#ADA036

#ADA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA036
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -7.77, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 55.05, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0265 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4715, 34.2935, 8.5035)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA036 #3643AD

analogous

#AD6436 #ADA036 #7FAD36

triadic

#ADA036 #36ADA0 #A036AD

tetradic

#ADA036 #36AD64 #3643AD #AD367F

square

#ADA036 #36AD64 #3643AD #AD367F

split-complementary

#ADA036 #367FAD #6436AD

monochromatic

#504A19 #7E7527 #ADA036 #CABE56 #D9D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ADA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA036

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA036	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb73',
    500: '#ada036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada036;
$custom-light: #c9bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6973,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA036

secondary

#7C84C2

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA036

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

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