#ADA939#ADA939

#ADA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.131 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA939
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -12.33, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 57.17, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.039 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.131 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1612, 37.5566, 9.4251)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA939 #393DAD

analogous

#AD6F39 #ADA939 #77AD39

triadic

#ADA939 #39ADA9 #A939AD

tetradic

#ADA939 #39AD6F #393DAD #AD3977

square

#ADA939 #39AD6F #393DAD #AD3977

split-complementary

#ADA939 #3977AD #6F39AD

monochromatic

#514F1B #7F7C2A #ADA939 #C9C55A #D8D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ADA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ADA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA939

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA939	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)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.131 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c276',
    500: '#ada939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada939;
$custom-light: #c8c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71725,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA939

secondary

#8082C2

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA939

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

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