#ADA55E#ADA55E

#ADA55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.093 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA55E
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 45.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -7.28, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 38.38, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0206 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.093 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7099, 36.6036, 15.9297)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA55E #5E66AD

analogous

#AD7E5E #ADA55E #8EAD5E

triadic

#ADA55E #5EADA5 #A55EAD

tetradic

#ADA55E #5EAD7E #5E66AD #AD5E8E

square

#ADA55E #5EAD7E #5E66AD #AD5E8E

split-complementary

#ADA55E #5E8EAD #7E5EAD

monochromatic

#605B31 #888245 #ADA55E #C2BC87 #D6D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ADA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ADA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA55E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA55E	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.093 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf8d',
    500: '#ada55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada55e;
$custom-light: #c7bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.924,
    "s": 32.51,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA55E

secondary

#A2A6C5

accent

#6AC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA55E

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

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