#ADA169#ADA169

#ADA169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.076 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA169
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 39.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -3.94, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 30.99, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.01 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.076 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5289, 35.3949, 18.4802)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA169 #6975AD

analogous

#AD7F69 #ADA169 #97AD69

triadic

#ADA169 #69ADA1 #A169AD

tetradic

#ADA169 #69AD7F #6975AD #AD6997

square

#ADA169 #69AD7F #6975AD #AD6997

split-complementary

#ADA169 #6997AD #7F69AD

monochromatic

#655D37 #8C814D #ADA169 #C3BA91 #D8D3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ADA169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA169

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA169	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.076 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc94',
    500: '#ada169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada169;
$custom-light: #c6bc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 29.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70602,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA169

secondary

#ABB0C7

accent

#74C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA169

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

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