#ADA538#ADA538

#ADA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA538
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -10.30, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 56.05, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0334 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.128 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4037, 36.0812, 9.0508)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA538 #3840AD

analogous

#AD6A38 #ADA538 #7BAD38

triadic

#ADA538 #38ADA5 #A538AD

tetradic

#ADA538 #38AD6A #3840AD #AD387B

square

#ADA538 #38AD6A #3840AD #AD387B

split-complementary

#ADA538 #387BAD #6A38AD

monochromatic

#514D1A #7F7929 #ADA538 #C9C259 #D8D387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ADA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA538

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA538	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf75',
    500: '#ada538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada538;
$custom-light: #c9bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA538

secondary

#7F83C2

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA538

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

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