#ADA549#ADA549

#ADA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA549
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -9.15, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 48.63, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0282 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.114 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8924, 36.2766, 11.6242)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA549 #4951AD

analogous

#AD7349 #ADA549 #83AD49

triadic

#ADA549 #49ADA5 #A549AD

tetradic

#ADA549 #49AD73 #4951AD #AD4983

square

#ADA549 #49AD73 #4951AD #AD4983

split-complementary

#ADA549 #4983AD #7349AD

monochromatic

#575325 #827C37 #ADA549 #C3BC70 #D5D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA549

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA549	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)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf7f',
    500: '#ada549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada549;
$custom-light: #c8bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71004,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA549

secondary

#9094C1

accent

#61D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA549

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

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