#ADA54A#ADA54A

#ADA54A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.113 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA54A
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -9.08, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 48.17, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0279 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.113 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9258, 36.2900, 11.8002)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA54A #4A52AD

analogous

#AD734A #ADA54A #83AD4A

triadic

#ADA54A #4AADA5 #A54AAD

tetradic

#ADA54A #4AAD73 #4A52AD #AD4A83

square

#ADA54A #4AAD73 #4A52AD #AD4A83

split-complementary

#ADA54A #4A83AD #734AAD

monochromatic

#575325 #827C38 #ADA54A #C3BC72 #D5D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA54A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA54A	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)

#B2A041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.113 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf80',
    500: '#ada54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada54a;
$custom-light: #c8bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71015,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA54A

secondary

#9195C1

accent

#62D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA54A

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

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