#ADA059#ADA059

#ADA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.093 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA059
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -5.11, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 38.83, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0148 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.093 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6085, 34.7482, 14.4913)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA059 #5966AD

analogous

#AD7659 #ADA059 #90AD59

triadic

#ADA059 #59ADA0 #A059AD

tetradic

#ADA059 #59AD76 #5966AD #AD5990

square

#ADA059 #59AD76 #5966AD #AD5990

split-complementary

#ADA059 #5990AD #7659AD

monochromatic

#5D562E #867C42 #ADA059 #C1B782 #D5CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ADA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ADA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA059

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA059	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.093 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb89',
    500: '#ada059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada059;
$custom-light: #c7bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA059

secondary

#9EA4C3

accent

#6FCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA059

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

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