#ADA489#ADA489

#ADA489 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.039 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA489
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(45, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 20.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -1.27, 15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 15.26, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0012 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.039 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0243, 37.2419, 29.0054)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA489 #8992AD

analogous

#AD9289 #ADA489 #A4AD89

triadic

#ADA489 #89ADA4 #A489AD

tetradic

#ADA489 #89AD92 #8992AD #AD89A4

square

#ADA489 #89AD92 #8992AD #AD89A4

split-complementary

#ADA489 #89A4AD #9289AD

monochromatic

#6F664D #938866 #ADA489 #C6C0AD #DFDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ADA489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA489

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA489	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.039 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5beab',
    500: '#ada489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada489;
$custom-light: #c5beab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 18,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.03905,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA489

secondary

#C2C5D0

accent

#5E9C49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA489

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

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