#ADA440#ADA440

#ADA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA440
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -9.27, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 52.30, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0296 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4356, 35.8065, 10.1049)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA440 #4049AD

analogous

#AD6E40 #ADA440 #80AD40

triadic

#ADA440 #40ADA4 #A440AD

tetradic

#ADA440 #40AD6E #4049AD #AD4080

square

#ADA440 #40AD6E #4049AD #AD4080

split-complementary

#ADA440 #4080AD #6E40AD

monochromatic

#544F1F #807A2F #ADA440 #C6BE64 #D6D191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#ADA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#ADA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA440

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA440	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be79',
    500: '#ada440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada440;
$custom-light: #c8be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA440

secondary

#878CC2

accent

#5DD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA440

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

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