#ADA157#ADA157

#ADA157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.096 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA157
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 49.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -5.83, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 40.24, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0171 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.096 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6997, 35.0632, 14.1130)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA157 #5763AD

analogous

#AD7657 #ADA157 #8EAD57

triadic

#ADA157 #57ADA1 #A157AD

tetradic

#ADA157 #57AD76 #5763AD #AD578E

square

#ADA157 #57AD76 #5763AD #AD578E

split-complementary

#ADA157 #578EAD #7657AD

monochromatic

#5C562D #867C41 #ADA157 #C1B880 #D5CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#ADA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA157

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA157	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)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.096 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc88',
    500: '#ada157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada157;
$custom-light: #c7bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70315,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA157

secondary

#9DA2C3

accent

#6DCA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA157

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

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