#ADA249#ADA249

#ADA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA249
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -7.57, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 47.44, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0237 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.111 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3576, 35.2071, 11.4459)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA249 #4954AD

analogous

#AD7049 #ADA249 #86AD49

triadic

#ADA249 #49ADA2 #A249AD

tetradic

#ADA249 #49AD70 #4954AD #AD4986

square

#ADA249 #49AD70 #4954AD #AD4986

split-complementary

#ADA249 #4986AD #7049AD

monochromatic

#575125 #827A37 #ADA249 #C3BA70 #D5CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ADA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#ADA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA249

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA249	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd7f',
    500: '#ada249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada249;
$custom-light: #c8bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70351,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA249

secondary

#9096C1

accent

#65D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA249

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

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