#ADA274#ADA274

#ADA274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.064 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA274
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 32.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -3.14, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 25.61, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.007 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.064 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3067, 35.9867, 21.7112)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA274 #747FAD

analogous

#AD8674 #ADA274 #9CAD74

triadic

#ADA274 #74ADA2 #A274AD

tetradic

#ADA274 #74AD86 #747FAD #AD749C

square

#ADA274 #74AD86 #747FAD #AD749C

split-complementary

#ADA274 #749CAD #8674AD

monochromatic

#69603E #8F8455 #ADA274 #C4BC9A #DAD6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ADA274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA274

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA274	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.064 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd9c',
    500: '#ada274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada274;
$custom-light: #c6bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 25.792,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.06385,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA274

secondary

#B3B7CA

accent

#77C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA274

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

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