#ADA173#ADA173

#ADA173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.064 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA173
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 33.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -2.73, 25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 25.72, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0059 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.064 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0734, 35.6127, 21.3481)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA173 #737FAD

analogous

#AD8473 #ADA173 #9CAD73

triadic

#ADA173 #73ADA1 #A173AD

tetradic

#ADA173 #73AD84 #737FAD #AD739C

square

#ADA173 #73AD84 #737FAD #AD739C

split-complementary

#ADA173 #739CAD #8473AD

monochromatic

#685F3D #8F8354 #ADA173 #C4BB9A #DAD5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA173

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA173	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.064 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc9b',
    500: '#ada173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada173;
$custom-light: #c6bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 26.126,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70789,
    "c": 0.06409,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA173

secondary

#B2B7CA

accent

#79C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA173

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

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