#ADA462#ADA462

#ADA462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.087 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA462
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 43.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -6.33, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 35.90, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0175 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.087 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7144, 36.3180, 16.8397)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA462 #626BAD

analogous

#AD7E62 #ADA462 #90AD62

triadic

#ADA462 #62ADA4 #A462AD

tetradic

#ADA462 #62AD7E #626BAD #AD6290

square

#ADA462 #62AD7E #626BAD #AD6290

split-complementary

#ADA462 #6290AD #7E62AD

monochromatic

#625C33 #8A8248 #ADA462 #C2BB8A #D7D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA462

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA462	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)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.087 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be90',
    500: '#ada462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada462;
$custom-light: #c7be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71127,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA462

secondary

#A5A9C6

accent

#6DC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA462

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

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