#ADA424#ADA424

#ADA424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA424
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -10.71, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 62.84, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0365 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8288, 35.5638, 6.9093)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA424 #242DAD

analogous

#AD5F24 #ADA424 #71AD24

triadic

#ADA424 #24ADA4 #A424AD

tetradic

#ADA424 #24AD5F #242DAD #AD2471

square

#ADA424 #24AD5F #242DAD #AD2471

split-complementary

#ADA424 #2471AD #5F24AD

monochromatic

#48440F #7A7419 #ADA424 #D6CB39 #E0D96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#ADA424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA424

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA424	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6b',
    500: '#ada424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada424;
$custom-light: #c9be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA424

secondary

#666DC6

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA424

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

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