#ADA841#ADA841

#ADA841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA841
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -11.30, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 53.43, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0353 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.124 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1914, 37.2722, 10.4985)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA841 #4146AD

analogous

#AD7241 #ADA841 #7CAD41

triadic

#ADA841 #41ADA8 #A841AD

tetradic

#ADA841 #41AD72 #4146AD #AD417C

square

#ADA841 #41AD72 #4146AD #AD417C

split-complementary

#ADA841 #417CAD #7241AD

monochromatic

#545220 #817D30 #ADA841 #C5C166 #D6D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ADA841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ADA841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA841

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA841	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)

#B6A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c17a',
    500: '#ada841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada841;
$custom-light: #c8c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA841

secondary

#888BC2

accent

#59D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA841

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →