#ADA166#ADA166

#ADA166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.080 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA166
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 41%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -4.29, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 32.56, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0112 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.08 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3774, 35.3343, 17.6825)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA166 #6672AD

analogous

#AD7E66 #ADA166 #96AD66

triadic

#ADA166 #66ADA1 #A166AD

tetradic

#ADA166 #66AD7E #6672AD #AD6696

square

#ADA166 #66AD7E #6672AD #AD6696

split-complementary

#ADA166 #6696AD #7E66AD

monochromatic

#635C35 #8B804B #ADA166 #C2B98E #D8D2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ADA166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA166

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA166	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.080 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc92',
    500: '#ada166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada166;
$custom-light: #c7bc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 30.213,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.0797,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA166

secondary

#A8ADC7

accent

#72C661

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA166

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

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