#ADA836#ADA836

#ADA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.132 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA836
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -11.97, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 57.97, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0384 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.132 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9033, 37.1569, 8.9808)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA836 #363BAD

analogous

#AD6D36 #ADA836 #77AD36

triadic

#ADA836 #36ADA8 #A836AD

tetradic

#ADA836 #36AD6D #363BAD #AD3677

square

#ADA836 #36AD6D #363BAD #AD3677

split-complementary

#ADA836 #3677AD #6D36AD

monochromatic

#504D19 #7E7B27 #ADA836 #CAC556 #D9D585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#ADA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA836

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA836	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.132 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c174',
    500: '#ada836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada836;
$custom-light: #c9c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA836

secondary

#7C7FC2

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA836

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

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