#ADA259#ADA259

#ADA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.095 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA259
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -6.18, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 39.64, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0179 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.095 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9580, 35.4472, 14.6078)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA259 #5964AD

analogous

#AD7859 #ADA259 #8EAD59

triadic

#ADA259 #59ADA2 #A259AD

tetradic

#ADA259 #59AD78 #5964AD #AD598E

square

#ADA259 #59AD78 #5964AD #AD598E

split-complementary

#ADA259 #598EAD #7859AD

monochromatic

#5D572E #867E42 #ADA259 #C1B982 #D5D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ADA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ADA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA259

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA259	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.095 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd89',
    500: '#ada259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada259;
$custom-light: #c7bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70559,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA259

secondary

#9EA3C3

accent

#6CCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA259

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

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