#ADA240#ADA240

#ADA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA240
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -8.22, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 51.54, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0266 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.119 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0805, 35.0963, 9.9866)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA240 #404BAD

analogous

#AD6C40 #ADA240 #82AD40

triadic

#ADA240 #40ADA2 #A240AD

tetradic

#ADA240 #40AD6C #404BAD #AD4082

square

#ADA240 #40AD6C #404BAD #AD4082

split-complementary

#ADA240 #4082AD #6C40AD

monochromatic

#544E1F #80782F #ADA240 #C6BC64 #D6CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ADA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA240

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA240	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd79',
    500: '#ada240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada240;
$custom-light: #c8bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70255,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA240

secondary

#878DC2

accent

#5FD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA240

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

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