#ADA235#ADA235

#ADA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA235
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -8.88, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 56.16, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0298 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.127 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7978, 34.9832, 8.4976)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA235 #3540AD

analogous

#AD6635 #ADA235 #7CAD35

triadic

#ADA235 #35ADA2 #A235AD

tetradic

#ADA235 #35AD66 #3540AD #AD357C

square

#ADA235 #35AD66 #3540AD #AD357C

split-complementary

#ADA235 #357CAD #6635AD

monochromatic

#4F4A18 #7E7627 #ADA235 #CBC054 #D9D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#ADA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA235

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA235	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd73',
    500: '#ada235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada235;
$custom-light: #c9bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70157,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA235

secondary

#7B82C3

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA235

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

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