#ADA234#ADA234
#ADA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ADA234 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(173, 162, 52) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 54%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 70%, 68%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 69.9%, 32.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.73, -8.94, 55.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.73, 56.56, 99.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.15% -0.03 0.1246) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.15% 0.128 103.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.7750, 34.9741, 8.3777) |
| Luminance | 0.3497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.09
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.21
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.57
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.83
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 6.45
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ADA234 #343FAD
analogous
#AD6534 #ADA234 #7CAD34
triadic
#ADA234 #34ADA2 #A234AD
tetradic
#ADA234 #34AD65 #343FAD #AD347C
square
#ADA234 #34AD65 #343FAD #AD347C
split-complementary
#ADA234 #347CAD #6534AD
monochromatic
#4F4A18 #7E7626 #ADA234 #CBC053 #D9D182
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#ADA234 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#ADA234 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ADA234
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ADA234 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ADA234 | 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)
#B19D23
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A23B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA978C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ada234; /* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 52); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 103.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c9bd72',
500: '#ada234',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ada234; $custom-light: #c9bd72; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ada234",
"rgb": {
"r": 173,
"g": 162,
"b": 52
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.545,
"s": 53.778,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70149,
"c": 0.12818,
"h": 103.5
},
"luminance": 0.34973
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ADA234
secondary
#7A81C3
accent
#58DD4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141208
muted
#82817B