#ADA338#ADA338

#ADA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA338
RGB	rgb(173, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -9.24, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 55.31, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0304 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.126 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.0458, 35.3653, 8.9315)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA338 #3842AD

analogous

#AD6938 #ADA338 #7CAD38

triadic

#ADA338 #38ADA3 #A338AD

tetradic

#ADA338 #38AD69 #3842AD #AD387C

square

#ADA338 #38AD69 #3842AD #AD387C

split-complementary

#ADA338 #387CAD #6938AD

monochromatic

#514C1A #7F7729 #ADA338 #C9C059 #D8D187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ADA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA338

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA338	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be75',
    500: '#ada338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada338;
$custom-light: #c9be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.704,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.35364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA338

secondary

#7F84C2

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA338

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

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