#ADA481#ADA481

#ADA481 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.049 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA481
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 21%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 25%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 25.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -2.45, 19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 19.53, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0046 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.049 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4716, 37.0209, 26.0945)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA481 #818AAD

analogous

#AD8E81 #ADA481 #A0AD81

triadic

#ADA481 #81ADA4 #A481AD

tetradic

#ADA481 #81AD8E #818AAD #AD81A0

square

#ADA481 #81AD8E #818AAD #AD81A0

split-complementary

#ADA481 #81A0AD #8E81AD

monochromatic

#6D6547 #92875F #ADA481 #C5BFA6 #DDDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#ADA481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA481

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA481	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)

#ABA27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.049 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bea5',
    500: '#ada481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada481;
$custom-light: #c6bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 21.154,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.04943,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA481

secondary

#BCC0CE

accent

#7BBE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA481

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

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