#ADA149#ADA149

#ADA149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA149
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -7.04, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 47.05, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0222 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1821, 34.8562, 11.3874)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA149 #4955AD

analogous

#AD6F49 #ADA149 #87AD49

triadic

#ADA149 #49ADA1 #A149AD

tetradic

#ADA149 #49AD6F #4955AD #AD4987

square

#ADA149 #49AD6F #4955AD #AD4987

split-complementary

#ADA149 #4987AD #6F49AD

monochromatic

#575125 #827937 #ADA149 #C3B970 #D5CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ADA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ADA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA149

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA149	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc7f',
    500: '#ada149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada149;
$custom-light: #c8bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA149

secondary

#9096C1

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA149

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

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