#ADA577#ADA577

#ADA577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.063 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA577
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 31.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -4.36, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 25.32, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0104 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.063 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0188, 37.1272, 22.8234)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA577 #777FAD

analogous

#AD8A77 #ADA577 #9AAD77

triadic

#ADA577 #77ADA5 #A577AD

tetradic

#ADA577 #77AD8A #777FAD #AD779A

square

#ADA577 #77AD8A #777FAD #AD779A

split-complementary

#ADA577 #779AAD #8A77AD

monochromatic

#6A6440 #908857 #ADA577 #C4BE9D #DBD8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#ADA577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA577

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA577	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.063 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf9e',
    500: '#ada577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada577;
$custom-light: #c6bf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.06328,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA577

secondary

#B5B8CB

accent

#74C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA577

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

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