#ADA461#ADA461

#ADA461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.089 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA461
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 43.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -6.43, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 36.41, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0179 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.089 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6674, 36.2992, 16.5926)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA461 #616AAD

analogous

#AD7E61 #ADA461 #90AD61

triadic

#ADA461 #61ADA4 #A461AD

tetradic

#ADA461 #61AD7E #616AAD #AD6190

square

#ADA461 #61AD7E #616AAD #AD6190

split-complementary

#ADA461 #6190AD #7E61AD

monochromatic

#615C32 #898247 #ADA461 #C2BB89 #D7D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA461

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA461	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.089 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be8f',
    500: '#ada461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada461;
$custom-light: #c7be8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 31.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71111,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA461

secondary

#A4A8C5

accent

#6CC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA461

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

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