#ADA551#ADA551

#ADA551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA551
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -8.50, 44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 44.84, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0255 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.107 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1749, 36.3896, 13.1120)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA551 #5159AD

analogous

#AD7751 #ADA551 #87AD51

triadic

#ADA551 #51ADA5 #A551AD

tetradic

#ADA551 #51AD77 #5159AD #AD5187

square

#ADA551 #51AD77 #5159AD #AD5187

split-complementary

#ADA551 #5187AD #7751AD

monochromatic

#5A552A #837D3D #ADA551 #C1BB7A #D4D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ADA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#ADA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA551

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA551	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf84',
    500: '#ada551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada551;
$custom-light: #c7bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.711,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA551

secondary

#989CC2

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA551

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

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