#ADA44E#ADA44E

#ADA44E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA44E
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -8.23, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 45.87, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.025 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.108 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8852, 35.9863, 12.4727)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA44E #4E57AD

analogous

#AD754E #ADA44E #87AD4E

triadic

#ADA44E #4EADA4 #A44EAD

tetradic

#ADA44E #4EAD75 #4E57AD #AD4E87

square

#ADA44E #4EAD75 #4E57AD #AD4E87

split-complementary

#ADA44E #4E87AD #754EAD

monochromatic

#595428 #837C3B #ADA44E #C2BA77 #D5D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#ADA44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA44E

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA44E	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)

#B19F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be82',
    500: '#ada44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada44e;
$custom-light: #c8be82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA44E

secondary

#9599C2

accent

#65CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA44E

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

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