#ADA231#ADA231

#ADA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA231
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -9.09, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 57.71, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0308 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.13 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7096, 34.9479, 8.0331)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA231 #313CAD

analogous

#AD6431 #ADA231 #7AAD31

triadic

#ADA231 #31ADA2 #A231AD

tetradic

#ADA231 #31AD64 #313CAD #AD317A

square

#ADA231 #31AD64 #313CAD #AD317A

split-complementary

#ADA231 #317AAD #6431AD

monochromatic

#4E4916 #7D7523 #ADA231 #CDC24E #DAD27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#ADA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA231

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA231	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd71',
    500: '#ada231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada231;
$custom-light: #c9bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70127,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA231

secondary

#777DC3

accent

#56DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA231

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

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