#ADA459#ADA459

#ADA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA459
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -7.24, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 40.47, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.021 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.097 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3131, 36.1574, 14.7262)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA459 #5962AD

analogous

#AD7A59 #ADA459 #8CAD59

triadic

#ADA459 #59ADA4 #A459AD

tetradic

#ADA459 #59AD7A #5962AD #AD598C

square

#ADA459 #59AD7A #5962AD #AD598C

split-complementary

#ADA459 #598CAD #7A59AD

monochromatic

#5D582E #867F42 #ADA459 #C1BA82 #D5D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#ADA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#ADA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA459

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA459	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be89',
    500: '#ada459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada459;
$custom-light: #c7be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA459

secondary

#9EA2C3

accent

#69CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA459

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

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