#ADA54B#ADA54B

#ADA54B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA54B
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 56.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -9.00, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 47.70, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0276 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.112 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9597, 36.3036, 11.9790)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA54B #4B53AD

analogous

#AD744B #ADA54B #84AD4B

triadic

#ADA54B #4BADA5 #A54BAD

tetradic

#ADA54B #4BAD74 #4B53AD #AD4B84

square

#ADA54B #4BAD74 #4B53AD #AD4B84

split-complementary

#ADA54B #4B84AD #744BAD

monochromatic

#585426 #827C38 #ADA54B #C2BC73 #D5D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#ADA54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA54B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA54B	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)

#B2A042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf80',
    500: '#ada54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada54b;
$custom-light: #c8bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA54B

secondary

#9296C1

accent

#62CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA54B

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

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