#ADA040#ADA040

#ADA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA040
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -7.16, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 50.80, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0236 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7310, 34.3973, 9.8701)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA040 #404DAD

analogous

#AD6A40 #ADA040 #84AD40

triadic

#ADA040 #40ADA0 #A040AD

tetradic

#ADA040 #40AD6A #404DAD #AD4084

square

#ADA040 #40AD6A #404DAD #AD4084

split-complementary

#ADA040 #4084AD #6A40AD

monochromatic

#544D1F #80772F #ADA040 #C6BA64 #D6CE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ADA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ADA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA040

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA040	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb79',
    500: '#ada040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada040;
$custom-light: #c8bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69821,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA040

secondary

#878EC2

accent

#62D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA040

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

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