#ADA456#ADA456

#ADA456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.100 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA456
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -7.52, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 41.97, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0221 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.1 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1896, 36.1081, 14.0762)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA456 #565FAD

analogous

#AD7856 #ADA456 #8AAD56

triadic

#ADA456 #56ADA4 #A456AD

tetradic

#ADA456 #56AD78 #565FAD #AD568A

square

#ADA456 #56AD78 #565FAD #AD568A

split-complementary

#ADA456 #568AAD #7856AD

monochromatic

#5C572D #857E41 #ADA456 #C1BA7F #D5D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#ADA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA456

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA456	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.100 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be87',
    500: '#ada456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada456;
$custom-light: #c7be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70949,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA456

secondary

#9CA0C3

accent

#68CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA456

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

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