#ADA938#ADA938

#ADA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA938
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -12.38, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 57.57, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0393 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.132 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1365, 37.5467, 9.2950)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA938 #383CAD

analogous

#AD6F38 #ADA938 #76AD38

triadic

#ADA938 #38ADA9 #A938AD

tetradic

#ADA938 #38AD6F #383CAD #AD3876

square

#ADA938 #38AD6F #383CAD #AD3876

split-complementary

#ADA938 #3876AD #6F38AD

monochromatic

#514F1A #7F7C29 #ADA938 #C9C559 #D8D587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ADA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ADA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA938

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA938	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)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c275',
    500: '#ada938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada938;
$custom-light: #c9c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA938

secondary

#7F81C2

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA938

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

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