#ADA838#ADA838

#ADA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA838
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -11.86, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 57.18, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0378 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9512, 37.1761, 9.2333)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA838 #383DAD

analogous

#AD6E38 #ADA838 #77AD38

triadic

#ADA838 #38ADA8 #A838AD

tetradic

#ADA838 #38AD6E #383DAD #AD3877

square

#ADA838 #38AD6E #383DAD #AD3877

split-complementary

#ADA838 #3877AD #6E38AD

monochromatic

#514E1A #7F7B29 #ADA838 #C9C459 #D8D587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#ADA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA838

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA838	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c175',
    500: '#ada838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada838;
$custom-light: #c9c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA838

secondary

#7F81C2

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA838

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

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