#ADA56E#ADA56E

#ADA56E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.074 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA56E
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 36.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -5.50, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 30.09, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0141 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.074 101)
XYZ	xyz(33.5037, 36.9212, 20.1104)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA56E #6E76AD

analogous

#AD856E #ADA56E #95AD6E

triadic

#ADA56E #6EADA5 #A56EAD

tetradic

#ADA56E #6EAD85 #6E76AD #AD6E95

square

#ADA56E #6EAD85 #6E76AD #AD6E95

split-complementary

#ADA56E #6E95AD #856EAD

monochromatic

#67613A #8E8650 #ADA56E #C3BD95 #D9D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ADA56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA56E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA56E	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.074 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf98',
    500: '#ada56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada56e;
$custom-light: #c6bf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 27.753,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.0744,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA56E

secondary

#AEB2C9

accent

#70C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA56E

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

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