#ADA656#ADA656

#ADA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA656
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -8.58, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 42.81, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0252 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.103 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5504, 36.8295, 14.1965)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA656 #565DAD

analogous

#AD7A56 #ADA656 #88AD56

triadic

#ADA656 #56ADA6 #A656AD

tetradic

#ADA656 #56AD7A #565DAD #AD5688

square

#ADA656 #56AD7A #565DAD #AD5688

split-complementary

#ADA656 #5688AD #7A56AD

monochromatic

#5C582D #858041 #ADA656 #C1BC7F #D5D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ADA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA656

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA656	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c088',
    500: '#ada656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada656;
$custom-light: #c7c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA656

secondary

#9C9FC3

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA656

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

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