#ADA55C#ADA55C

#ADA55C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.095 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA55C
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 46.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -7.48, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 39.39, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0214 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.095 103)
XYZ	xyz(32.6213, 36.5682, 15.4631)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA55C #5C64AD

analogous

#AD7D5C #ADA55C #8DAD5C

triadic

#ADA55C #5CADA5 #A55CAD

tetradic

#ADA55C #5CAD7D #5C64AD #AD5C8D

square

#ADA55C #5CAD7D #5C64AD #AD5C8D

split-complementary

#ADA55C #5C8DAD #7D5CAD

monochromatic

#5F5A30 #888144 #ADA55C #C1BB85 #D6D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#ADA55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA55C

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA55C	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.095 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf8c',
    500: '#ada55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada55c;
$custom-light: #c7bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 33.061,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71251,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.36567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA55C

secondary

#A1A4C4

accent

#69C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA55C

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

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