#ADA178#ADA178

#ADA178 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.058 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA178
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 30.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -2.07, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 23.07, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0037 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.058 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3689, 35.7309, 22.9046)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA178 #7884AD

analogous

#AD8678 #ADA178 #9FAD78

triadic

#ADA178 #78ADA1 #A178AD

tetradic

#ADA178 #78AD86 #7884AD #AD789F

square

#ADA178 #78AD86 #7884AD #AD789F

split-complementary

#ADA178 #789FAD #8678AD

monochromatic

#6A6140 #908358 #ADA178 #C4BC9E #DBD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ADA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA178

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA178	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.058 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc9f',
    500: '#ada178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada178;
$custom-light: #c6bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 24.424,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70891,
    "c": 0.05788,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA178

secondary

#B6BBCB

accent

#7BC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA178

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

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