#ADA238#ADA238

#ADA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA238
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -8.72, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 54.95, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.029 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.125 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8690, 35.0116, 8.8725)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA238 #3843AD

analogous

#AD6838 #ADA238 #7EAD38

triadic

#ADA238 #38ADA2 #A238AD

tetradic

#ADA238 #38AD68 #3843AD #AD387E

square

#ADA238 #38AD68 #3843AD #AD387E

split-complementary

#ADA238 #387EAD #6838AD

monochromatic

#514B1A #7F7729 #ADA238 #C9BF59 #D8D187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#ADA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA238

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA238	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#B09D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd75',
    500: '#ada238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada238;
$custom-light: #c9bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70182,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA238

secondary

#7F85C2

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA238

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

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