#ADA550#ADA550

#ADA550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA550
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -8.59, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 45.32, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0258 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.108 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1376, 36.3747, 12.9160)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA550 #5058AD

analogous

#AD7750 #ADA550 #86AD50

triadic

#ADA550 #50ADA5 #A550AD

tetradic

#ADA550 #50AD77 #5058AD #AD5086

square

#ADA550 #50AD77 #5058AD #AD5086

split-complementary

#ADA550 #5086AD #7750AD

monochromatic

#595529 #837D3D #ADA550 #C1BB79 #D4D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#ADA550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA550

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA550	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf84',
    500: '#ada550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada550;
$custom-light: #c7bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.839,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71087,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA550

secondary

#979BC2

accent

#65CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA550

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

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