#ADA36E#ADA36E

#ADA36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.072 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA36E
RGB	rgb(173, 163, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 36.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -4.43, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 29.21, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0111 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.072 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1458, 36.2053, 19.9911)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA36E #6E78AD

analogous

#AD836E #ADA36E #97AD6E

triadic

#ADA36E #6EADA3 #A36EAD

tetradic

#ADA36E #6EAD83 #6E78AD #AD6E97

square

#ADA36E #6EAD83 #6E78AD #AD6E97

split-complementary

#ADA36E #6E97AD #836EAD

monochromatic

#67603A #8E8450 #ADA36E #C3BC95 #D9D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#ADA36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA36E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA36E	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA06A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 163, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.072 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be98',
    500: '#ada36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada36e;
$custom-light: #c6be98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 27.753,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA36E

secondary

#AEB2C9

accent

#73C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA36E

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

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