#ADA480#ADA480

#ADA480 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.051 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA480
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 26%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 26%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -2.59, 19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 20.07, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.005 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.051 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4054, 36.9944, 25.7461)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA480 #8089AD

analogous

#AD8E80 #ADA480 #A0AD80

triadic

#ADA480 #80ADA4 #A480AD

tetradic

#ADA480 #80AD8E #8089AD #AD80A0

square

#ADA480 #80AD8E #8089AD #AD80A0

split-complementary

#ADA480 #80A0AD #8E80AD

monochromatic

#6D6546 #92875E #ADA480 #C5BFA5 #DDD9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#ADA480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA480

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA480	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA27E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.051 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bea5',
    500: '#ada480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada480;
$custom-light: #c6bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 21.531,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.05073,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA480

secondary

#BCBFCD

accent

#7BBE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA480

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

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