#ADA253#ADA253

#ADA253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA253
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -6.73, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 42.63, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0202 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7162, 35.3505, 13.3346)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA253 #535EAD

analogous

#AD7553 #ADA253 #8BAD53

triadic

#ADA253 #53ADA2 #A253AD

tetradic

#ADA253 #53AD75 #535EAD #AD538B

square

#ADA253 #53AD75 #535EAD #AD538B

split-complementary

#ADA253 #538BAD #7553AD

monochromatic

#5A552B #847B3F #ADA253 #C1B87C #D5CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#ADA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA253

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA253	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)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd85',
    500: '#ada253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada253;
$custom-light: #c7bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70475,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA253

secondary

#9A9FC2

accent

#6ACB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA253

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

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