#ADA281#ADA281

#ADA281 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.047 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA281
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 21%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 25.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -1.37, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 18.69, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0015 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.047 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1165, 36.3106, 25.9761)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA281 #818CAD

analogous

#AD8C81 #ADA281 #A2AD81

triadic

#ADA281 #81ADA2 #A281AD

tetradic

#ADA281 #81AD8C #818CAD #AD81A2

square

#ADA281 #81AD8C #818CAD #AD81A2

split-complementary

#ADA281 #81A2AD #8C81AD

monochromatic

#6D6347 #92855F #ADA281 #C5BDA6 #DDD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA281

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA281	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A07F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.047 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bda5',
    500: '#ada281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada281;
$custom-light: #c6bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 21.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.04745,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA281

secondary

#BCC1CE

accent

#7FBE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA281

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

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