#ADA226#ADA226

#ADA226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA226
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -9.58, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 61.56, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0332 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5051, 34.8661, 6.9563)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA226 #2631AD

analogous

#AD5F26 #ADA226 #75AD26

triadic

#ADA226 #26ADA2 #A226AD

tetradic

#ADA226 #26AD5F #2631AD #AD2675

square

#ADA226 #26AD5F #2631AD #AD2675

split-complementary

#ADA226 #2675AD #5F26AD

monochromatic

#494410 #7B731B #ADA226 #D4C83C #DFD66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ADA226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA226

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA226	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)

#B19C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6b',
    500: '#ada226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada226;
$custom-light: #c9bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA226

secondary

#6971C6

accent

#4EE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA226

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

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