#ADA174#ADA174

#ADA174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.063 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA174
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 32.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -2.60, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 25.19, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0054 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.063 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.1312, 35.6358, 21.6528)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA174 #7480AD

analogous

#AD8574 #ADA174 #9DAD74

triadic

#ADA174 #74ADA1 #A174AD

tetradic

#ADA174 #74AD85 #7480AD #AD749D

square

#ADA174 #74AD85 #7480AD #AD749D

split-complementary

#ADA174 #749DAD #8574AD

monochromatic

#69603E #8F8355 #ADA174 #C4BB9A #DAD5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ADA174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA174

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA174	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.063 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc9c',
    500: '#ada174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada174;
$custom-light: #c6bc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 25.792,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70809,
    "c": 0.06286,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.35635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA174

secondary

#B3B8CA

accent

#79C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA174

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

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