#ADA840#ADA840

#ADA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA840
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -11.37, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 53.86, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0356 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.125 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1627, 37.2607, 10.3473)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA840 #4045AD

analogous

#AD7240 #ADA840 #7CAD40

triadic

#ADA840 #40ADA8 #A840AD

tetradic

#ADA840 #40AD72 #4045AD #AD407C

square

#ADA840 #40AD72 #4045AD #AD407C

split-complementary

#ADA840 #407CAD #7240AD

monochromatic

#54511F #807D2F #ADA840 #C6C164 #D6D391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ADA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ADA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA840

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA840	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c17a',
    500: '#ada840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada840;
$custom-light: #c8c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA840

secondary

#878AC2

accent

#58D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA840

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

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