#ADA140#ADA140

#ADA140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.118 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA140
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -7.69, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 51.17, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0251 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.118 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9050, 34.7454, 9.9281)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA140 #404CAD

analogous

#AD6A40 #ADA140 #83AD40

triadic

#ADA140 #40ADA1 #A140AD

tetradic

#ADA140 #40AD6A #404CAD #AD4083

square

#ADA140 #40AD6A #404CAD #AD4083

split-complementary

#ADA140 #4083AD #6A40AD

monochromatic

#544E1F #80772F #ADA140 #C6BB64 #D6CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ADA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ADA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA140

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA140	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)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.118 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc79',
    500: '#ada140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada140;
$custom-light: #c8bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70038,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA140

secondary

#878EC2

accent

#61D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA140

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

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