#ADA252#ADA252

#ADA252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA252
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -6.82, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 43.12, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0205 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6779, 35.3352, 13.1327)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA252 #525DAD

analogous

#AD7452 #ADA252 #8BAD52

triadic

#ADA252 #52ADA2 #A252AD

tetradic

#ADA252 #52AD74 #525DAD #AD528B

square

#ADA252 #52AD74 #525DAD #AD528B

split-complementary

#ADA252 #528BAD #7452AD

monochromatic

#5A542B #837B3E #ADA252 #C1B87C #D4CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ADA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA252

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA252	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd85',
    500: '#ada252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada252;
$custom-light: #c7bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70462,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA252

secondary

#999EC2

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA252

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

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