#ADA451#ADA451

#ADA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA451
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -7.97, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 44.42, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.024 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.106 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9952, 36.0303, 13.0522)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA451 #515AAD

analogous

#AD7651 #ADA451 #88AD51

triadic

#ADA451 #51ADA4 #A451AD

tetradic

#ADA451 #51AD76 #515AAD #AD5188

square

#ADA451 #51AD76 #515AAD #AD5188

split-complementary

#ADA451 #5188AD #7651AD

monochromatic

#5A552A #837C3D #ADA451 #C1BA7A #D4D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#ADA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#ADA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA451

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA451	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be84',
    500: '#ada451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada451;
$custom-light: #c7be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA451

secondary

#989CC2

accent

#67CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA451

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

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