#ADA138#ADA138

#ADA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA138
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -8.19, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 54.59, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0275 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6935, 34.6607, 8.8140)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA138 #3844AD

analogous

#AD6638 #ADA138 #7FAD38

triadic

#ADA138 #38ADA1 #A138AD

tetradic

#ADA138 #38AD66 #3844AD #AD387F

square

#ADA138 #38AD66 #3844AD #AD387F

split-complementary

#ADA138 #387FAD #6638AD

monochromatic

#514B1A #7F7629 #ADA138 #C9BE59 #D8D087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ADA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ADA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA138

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA138	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc74',
    500: '#ada138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada138;
$custom-light: #c9bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69964,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA138

secondary

#7F86C2

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA138

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

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