#ADA426#ADA426

#ADA426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.138 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA426
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -10.63, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 62.23, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0362 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.138 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8602, 35.5763, 7.0747)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA426 #262FAD

analogous

#AD6126 #ADA426 #73AD26

triadic

#ADA426 #26ADA4 #A426AD

tetradic

#ADA426 #26AD61 #262FAD #AD2673

square

#ADA426 #26AD61 #262FAD #AD2673

split-complementary

#ADA426 #2673AD #6126AD

monochromatic

#494510 #7B741B #ADA426 #D4CA3C #DFD86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA426

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA426	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.138 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be6c',
    500: '#ada426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada426;
$custom-light: #c9be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70494,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA426

secondary

#696FC6

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA426

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

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