#ADA555#ADA555

#ADA555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA555
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 50.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -8.15, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 42.88, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.024 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.103 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3293, 36.4514, 13.9254)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA555 #555DAD

analogous

#AD7955 #ADA555 #89AD55

triadic

#ADA555 #55ADA5 #A555AD

tetradic

#ADA555 #55AD79 #555DAD #AD5589

square

#ADA555 #55AD79 #555DAD #AD5589

split-complementary

#ADA555 #5589AD #7955AD

monochromatic

#5B572C #857F40 #ADA555 #C1BB7E #D5D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#ADA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA555

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA555	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf87',
    500: '#ada555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada555;
$custom-light: #c7bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71152,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA555

secondary

#9B9FC2

accent

#67CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA555

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

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