#ADA438#ADA438

#ADA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA438
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -9.77, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 55.68, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0319 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2241, 35.7219, 8.9909)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA438 #3841AD

analogous

#AD6A38 #ADA438 #7BAD38

triadic

#ADA438 #38ADA4 #A438AD

tetradic

#ADA438 #38AD6A #3841AD #AD387B

square

#ADA438 #38AD6A #3841AD #AD387B

split-complementary

#ADA438 #387BAD #6A38AD

monochromatic

#514C1A #7F7829 #ADA438 #C9C159 #D8D287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#ADA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA438

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA438	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be75',
    500: '#ada438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada438;
$custom-light: #c9be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70619,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA438

secondary

#7F84C2

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA438

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

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