#ADA477#ADA477

#ADA477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.062 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA477
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 31.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -3.83, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 24.87, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0088 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.062 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8391, 36.7679, 22.7635)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA477 #7780AD

analogous

#AD8977 #ADA477 #9BAD77

triadic

#ADA477 #77ADA4 #A477AD

tetradic

#ADA477 #77AD89 #7780AD #AD779B

square

#ADA477 #77AD89 #7780AD #AD779B

split-complementary

#ADA477 #779BAD #8977AD

monochromatic

#6A6340 #908657 #ADA477 #C4BE9D #DBD7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#ADA477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA477

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA477	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.062 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be9e',
    500: '#ada477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada477;
$custom-light: #c6be9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.06219,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA477

secondary

#B5B9CB

accent

#76C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA477

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

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