#ADA046#ADA046

#ADA046 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA046
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -6.73, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 48.07, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0217 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.112 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9110, 34.4693, 10.8182)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA046 #4653AD

analogous

#AD6C46 #ADA046 #87AD46

triadic

#ADA046 #46ADA0 #A046AD

tetradic

#ADA046 #46AD6C #4653AD #AD4687

square

#ADA046 #46AD6C #4653AD #AD4687

split-complementary

#ADA046 #4687AD #6C46AD

monochromatic

#564F23 #817834 #ADA046 #C4B96C #D5CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#ADA046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA046

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA046	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb7d',
    500: '#ada046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada046;
$custom-light: #c8bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69884,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA046

secondary

#8D94C1

accent

#65D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA046

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

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