#ADA229#ADA229

#ADA229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.135 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA229
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -9.46, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 60.58, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0326 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.135 104)
XYZ	xyz(30.5555, 34.8863, 7.2216)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA229 #2934AD

analogous

#AD6029 #ADA229 #76AD29

triadic

#ADA229 #29ADA2 #A229AD

tetradic

#ADA229 #29AD60 #2934AD #AD2976

square

#ADA229 #29AD60 #2934AD #AD2976

split-complementary

#ADA229 #2976AD #6029AD

monochromatic

#4A4512 #7C741D #ADA229 #D2C641 #DED573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ADA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA229

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA229	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.135 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6d',
    500: '#ada229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada229;
$custom-light: #c9bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.34885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA229

secondary

#6D74C5

accent

#51E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA229

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

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