#ADA165#ADA165

#ADA165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.081 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA165
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 41.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -4.40, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 33.08, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0116 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.081 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3281, 35.3146, 17.4229)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA165 #6571AD

analogous

#AD7D65 #ADA165 #95AD65

triadic

#ADA165 #65ADA1 #A165AD

tetradic

#ADA165 #65AD7D #6571AD #AD6595

square

#ADA165 #65AD7D #6571AD #AD6595

split-complementary

#ADA165 #6595AD #7D65AD

monochromatic

#635B35 #8B804A #ADA165 #C2B98D #D8D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#ADA165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA165

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA165	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.081 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc92',
    500: '#ada165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada165;
$custom-light: #c7bc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 30.508,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA165

secondary

#A8ADC6

accent

#72C761

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA165

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

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