#ADA261#ADA261

#ADA261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.086 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA261
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -5.37, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 35.57, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0148 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.086 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3123, 35.5890, 16.4742)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA261 #616CAD

analogous

#AD7C61 #ADA261 #92AD61

triadic

#ADA261 #61ADA2 #A261AD

tetradic

#ADA261 #61AD7C #616CAD #AD6192

square

#ADA261 #61AD7C #616CAD #AD6192

split-complementary

#ADA261 #6192AD #7C61AD

monochromatic

#615A32 #898047 #ADA261 #C2BA89 #D7D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA261

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA261	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.086 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd8f',
    500: '#ada261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada261;
$custom-light: #c7bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 31.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.08645,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA261

secondary

#A4A9C5

accent

#6FC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA261

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

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