#ADA649#ADA649

#ADA649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA649
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -9.68, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 49.04, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0297 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.115 105)
XYZ	xyz(32.0734, 36.6388, 11.6845)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA649 #4950AD

analogous

#AD7449 #ADA649 #82AD49

triadic

#ADA649 #49ADA6 #A649AD

tetradic

#ADA649 #49AD74 #4950AD #AD4982

square

#ADA649 #49AD74 #4950AD #AD4982

split-complementary

#ADA649 #4982AD #7449AD

monochromatic

#575325 #827D37 #ADA649 #C3BD70 #D5D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ADA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#ADA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA649

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA649	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c07f',
    500: '#ada649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada649;
$custom-light: #c8c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA649

secondary

#9094C1

accent

#60D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA649

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

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