#ADA255#ADA255

#ADA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA255
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -6.55, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 41.64, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0194 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7945, 35.3819, 13.7471)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA255 #5560AD

analogous

#AD7655 #ADA255 #8CAD55

triadic

#ADA255 #55ADA2 #A255AD

tetradic

#ADA255 #55AD76 #5560AD #AD558C

square

#ADA255 #55AD76 #5560AD #AD558C

split-complementary

#ADA255 #558CAD #7655AD

monochromatic

#5B562C #857C40 #ADA255 #C1B97E #D5CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ADA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA255

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA255	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd87',
    500: '#ada255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada255;
$custom-light: #c7bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70502,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA255

secondary

#9BA0C2

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA255

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

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