#ADA257#ADA257

#ADA257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA257
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 49.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -6.37, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 40.65, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0187 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.097 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8751, 35.4141, 14.1715)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA257 #5762AD

analogous

#AD7757 #ADA257 #8DAD57

triadic

#ADA257 #57ADA2 #A257AD

tetradic

#ADA257 #57AD77 #5762AD #AD578D

square

#ADA257 #57AD77 #5762AD #AD578D

split-complementary

#ADA257 #578DAD #7757AD

monochromatic

#5C562D #867D41 #ADA257 #C1B980 #D5D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#ADA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA257

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA257	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)

#AE9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd88',
    500: '#ada257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada257;
$custom-light: #c7bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA257

secondary

#9DA2C3

accent

#6BCA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA257

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

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