#ADA039#ADA039

#ADA039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA039
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -7.60, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 53.82, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0257 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5442, 34.3225, 8.8861)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA039 #3946AD

analogous

#AD6639 #ADA039 #80AD39

triadic

#ADA039 #39ADA0 #A039AD

tetradic

#ADA039 #39AD66 #3946AD #AD3980

square

#ADA039 #39AD66 #3946AD #AD3980

split-complementary

#ADA039 #3980AD #6639AD

monochromatic

#514B1B #7F752A #ADA039 #C9BC5A #D8CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ADA039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA039

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA039	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)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb75',
    500: '#ada039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada039;
$custom-light: #c9bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69755,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA039

secondary

#8087C2

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA039

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

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