#ADA224#ADA224
#ADA224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADA224 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 162, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 66%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 79%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 79.2%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.63, -9.66, 61.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.63, 62.19, 98.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.05% -0.0336 0.1335) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.05% 0.138 104.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.4737, 34.8535, 6.7909) |
| Luminance | 0.3485 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.24
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.48
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.64
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.34
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.12
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA224 #242FAD
analogous
#AD5D24 #ADA224 #73AD24
triadic
#ADA224 #24ADA2 #A224AD
tetradic
#ADA224 #24AD5D #242FAD #AD2473
square
#ADA224 #24AD5D #242FAD #AD2473
split-complementary
#ADA224 #2473AD #5D24AD
monochromatic
#48430F #7A7319 #ADA224 #D6C939 #E0D76B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#ADA224 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.97
#ADA224 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA224
7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA224 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA224 | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.97 | 7.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19C00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A22E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA968B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada224; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.138 104.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9bd6a',
500: '#ada224',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada224; $custom-light: #c9bd6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada224",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 162,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.182,
"s": 65.55,
"l": 40.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70045,
"c": 0.13763,
"h": 104.1
},
"luminance": 0.34852
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA224
secondary
#666EC6
accent
#4DE93F
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141207
muted
#82817A