#ADA839#ADA839

#ADA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA839
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -11.81, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 56.78, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0376 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.13 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9759, 37.1860, 9.3634)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA839 #393EAD

analogous

#AD6E39 #ADA839 #78AD39

triadic

#ADA839 #39ADA8 #A839AD

tetradic

#ADA839 #39AD6E #393EAD #AD3978

square

#ADA839 #39AD6E #393EAD #AD3978

split-complementary

#ADA839 #3978AD #6E39AD

monochromatic

#514F1B #7F7B2A #ADA839 #C9C45A #D8D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#ADA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA839

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA839	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)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c176',
    500: '#ada839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada839;
$custom-light: #c8c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71505,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA839

secondary

#8083C2

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA839

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

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