#ADA050#ADA050

#ADA050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA050
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -5.93, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 43.31, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0182 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2534, 34.6062, 12.6212)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA050 #505DAD

analogous

#AD7250 #ADA050 #8CAD50

triadic

#ADA050 #50ADA0 #A050AD

tetradic

#ADA050 #50AD72 #505DAD #AD508C

square

#ADA050 #50AD72 #505DAD #AD508C

split-complementary

#ADA050 #508CAD #7250AD

monochromatic

#595329 #83793D #ADA050 #C1B779 #D4CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ADA050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#ADA050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA050

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA050	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb83',
    500: '#ada050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada050;
$custom-light: #c7bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70004,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA050

secondary

#979DC2

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA050

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

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