#ADA272#ADA272

#ADA272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.066 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA272
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 34.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -3.39, 26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 26.67, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0078 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.066 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1916, 35.9407, 21.1051)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA272 #727DAD

analogous

#AD8572 #ADA272 #9BAD72

triadic

#ADA272 #72ADA2 #A272AD

tetradic

#ADA272 #72AD85 #727DAD #AD729B

square

#ADA272 #72AD85 #727DAD #AD729B

split-complementary

#ADA272 #729BAD #8572AD

monochromatic

#68603D #8F8453 #ADA272 #C4BC99 #DAD5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#ADA272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA272

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA272	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.066 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd9b',
    500: '#ada272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada272;
$custom-light: #c6bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.06632,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA272

secondary

#B1B6CA

accent

#76C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA272

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

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