#ADA831#ADA831

#ADA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.136 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA831
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -12.24, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 59.87, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0396 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.136 107)
XYZ	xyz(31.7918, 37.1123, 8.3939)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA831 #3136AD

analogous

#AD6A31 #ADA831 #74AD31

triadic

#ADA831 #31ADA8 #A831AD

tetradic

#ADA831 #31AD6A #3136AD #AD3174

square

#ADA831 #31AD6A #3136AD #AD3174

split-complementary

#ADA831 #3174AD #6A31AD

monochromatic

#4E4B16 #7D7A23 #ADA831 #CDC84E #DAD77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#ADA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA831

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA831	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.136 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c171',
    500: '#ada831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada831;
$custom-light: #c9c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.37111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA831

secondary

#777AC3

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA831

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

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