#ADA256#ADA256

#ADA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.098 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA256
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -6.46, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 41.14, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0191 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.098 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8345, 35.3979, 13.9579)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA256 #5661AD

analogous

#AD7656 #ADA256 #8CAD56

triadic

#ADA256 #56ADA2 #A256AD

tetradic

#ADA256 #56AD76 #5661AD #AD568C

square

#ADA256 #56AD76 #5661AD #AD568C

split-complementary

#ADA256 #568CAD #7656AD

monochromatic

#5C562D #857D41 #ADA256 #C1B97F #D5CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ADA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA256

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA256	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)

#AE9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.098 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd87',
    500: '#ada256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada256;
$custom-light: #c7bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.414,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA256

secondary

#9CA1C3

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA256

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

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