#ADA162#ADA162

#ADA162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.084 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA162
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 43.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -4.72, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 34.64, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0129 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.084 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1838, 35.2569, 16.6628)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA162 #626EAD

analogous

#AD7B62 #ADA162 #93AD62

triadic

#ADA162 #62ADA1 #A162AD

tetradic

#ADA162 #62AD7B #626EAD #AD6293

square

#ADA162 #62AD7B #626EAD #AD6293

split-complementary

#ADA162 #6293AD #7B62AD

monochromatic

#625A33 #8A7F48 #ADA162 #C2B98A #D7D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ADA162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#ADA162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA162

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA162	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.084 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc8f',
    500: '#ada162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada162;
$custom-light: #c7bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA162

secondary

#A5AAC6

accent

#71C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA162

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

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