#ADA828#ADA828

#ADA828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.141 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA828
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -12.64, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 62.97, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0416 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.141 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6205, 37.0438, 7.4916)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA828 #282DAD

analogous

#AD6528 #ADA828 #70AD28

triadic

#ADA828 #28ADA8 #A828AD

tetradic

#ADA828 #28AD65 #282DAD #AD2870

square

#ADA828 #28AD65 #282DAD #AD2870

split-complementary

#ADA828 #2870AD #6528AD

monochromatic

#4A4711 #7B781D #ADA828 #D3CD3F #DEDA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#ADA828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA828

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA828	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.141 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c16d',
    500: '#ada828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada828;
$custom-light: #c9c16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71386,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA828

secondary

#6C6FC5

accent

#48E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA828

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

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