#ADA262#ADA262

#ADA262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.085 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA262
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -5.26, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 35.05, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0144 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.085 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3592, 35.6078, 16.7213)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA262 #626DAD

analogous

#AD7C62 #ADA262 #92AD62

triadic

#ADA262 #62ADA2 #A262AD

tetradic

#ADA262 #62AD7C #626DAD #AD6292

square

#ADA262 #62AD7C #626DAD #AD6292

split-complementary

#ADA262 #6292AD #7C62AD

monochromatic

#625B33 #8A8048 #ADA262 #C2BA8A #D7D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ADA262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#ADA262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA262

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA262	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)

#AD9E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.085 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd90',
    500: '#ada262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada262;
$custom-light: #c7bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA262

secondary

#A5AAC6

accent

#6FC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA262

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

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