#ADA159#ADA159

#ADA159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.094 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA159
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -5.64, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 39.23, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0164 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.094 100)
XYZ	xyz(31.7825, 35.0963, 14.5494)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA159 #5965AD

analogous

#AD7759 #ADA159 #8FAD59

triadic

#ADA159 #59ADA1 #A159AD

tetradic

#ADA159 #59AD77 #5965AD #AD598F

square

#ADA159 #59AD77 #5965AD #AD598F

split-complementary

#ADA159 #598FAD #7759AD

monochromatic

#5D572E #867D42 #ADA159 #C1B882 #D5CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ADA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ADA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA159

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA159	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.094 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc89',
    500: '#ada159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada159;
$custom-light: #c7bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.35095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA159

secondary

#9EA4C3

accent

#6DCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA159

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

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