#ADA048#ADA048

#ADA048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA048
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -6.58, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 47.14, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.021 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(30.9752, 34.4949, 11.1562)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA048 #4855AD

analogous

#AD6D48 #ADA048 #87AD48

triadic

#ADA048 #48ADA0 #A048AD

tetradic

#ADA048 #48AD6D #4855AD #AD4887

square

#ADA048 #48AD6D #4855AD #AD4887

split-complementary

#ADA048 #4887AD #6D48AD

monochromatic

#575024 #827836 #ADA048 #C3B86F #D5CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ADA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#ADA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA048

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA048	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb7e',
    500: '#ada048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada048;
$custom-light: #c8bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.34494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA048

secondary

#8F96C1

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA048

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

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