#ADA657#ADA657

#ADA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.102 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA657
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 49.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -8.49, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 42.32, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0248 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.102 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5909, 36.8458, 14.4101)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA657 #575EAD

analogous

#AD7B57 #ADA657 #89AD57

triadic

#ADA657 #57ADA6 #A657AD

tetradic

#ADA657 #57AD7B #575EAD #AD5789

square

#ADA657 #57AD7B #575EAD #AD5789

split-complementary

#ADA657 #5789AD #7B57AD

monochromatic

#5C592D #868041 #ADA657 #C1BC80 #D5D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#ADA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA657

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA657	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)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.102 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c088',
    500: '#ada657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada657;
$custom-light: #c7c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71396,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA657

secondary

#9DA0C3

accent

#66CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA657

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

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