#ADA155#ADA155

#ADA155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA155
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -6.02, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 41.24, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0179 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.098 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6191, 35.0310, 13.6887)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA155 #5561AD

analogous

#AD7555 #ADA155 #8DAD55

triadic

#ADA155 #55ADA1 #A155AD

tetradic

#ADA155 #55AD75 #5561AD #AD558D

square

#ADA155 #55AD75 #5561AD #AD558D

split-complementary

#ADA155 #558DAD #7555AD

monochromatic

#5B552C #857B40 #ADA155 #C1B87E #D5CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#ADA155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA155

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA155	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc87',
    500: '#ada155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada155;
$custom-light: #c7bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70287,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA155

secondary

#9BA1C2

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA155

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

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