#ADA936#ADA936

#ADA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA936
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -12.49, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 58.36, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0398 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0886, 37.5276, 9.0426)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA936 #363AAD

analogous

#AD6E36 #ADA936 #76AD36

triadic

#ADA936 #36ADA9 #A936AD

tetradic

#ADA936 #36AD6E #363AAD #AD3676

square

#ADA936 #36AD6E #363AAD #AD3676

split-complementary

#ADA936 #3676AD #6E36AD

monochromatic

#504E19 #7E7B27 #ADA936 #CAC656 #D9D685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ADA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ADA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA936

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA936	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c274',
    500: '#ada936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada936;
$custom-light: #c9c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71701,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA936

secondary

#7C7FC2

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA936

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

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