#ADA038#ADA038

#ADA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA038
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -7.66, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 54.23, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0259 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5195, 34.3126, 8.7560)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA038 #3845AD

analogous

#AD6538 #ADA038 #80AD38

triadic

#ADA038 #38ADA0 #A038AD

tetradic

#ADA038 #38AD65 #3845AD #AD3880

square

#ADA038 #38AD65 #3845AD #AD3880

split-complementary

#ADA038 #3880AD #6538AD

monochromatic

#514A1A #7F7529 #ADA038 #C9BD59 #D8CF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ADA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA038

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA038	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb74',
    500: '#ada038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada038;
$custom-light: #c9bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69747,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA038

secondary

#7F86C2

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA038

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

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