#ADA179#ADA179

#ADA179 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.057 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA179
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 30.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -1.94, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 22.54, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0033 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.057 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4299, 35.7553, 23.2259)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA179 #7985AD

analogous

#AD8779 #ADA179 #9FAD79

triadic

#ADA179 #79ADA1 #A179AD

tetradic

#ADA179 #79AD87 #7985AD #AD799F

square

#ADA179 #79AD87 #7985AD #AD799F

split-complementary

#ADA179 #799FAD #8779AD

monochromatic

#6A6141 #908358 #ADA179 #C4BC9F #DBD6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ADA179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#ADA179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA179

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA179	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)

#AA9F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.057 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bca0',
    500: '#ada179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada179;
$custom-light: #c6bca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.05663,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA179

secondary

#B6BBCB

accent

#7CC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA179

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

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