#ADA659#ADA659

#ADA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.099 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA659
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -8.30, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 41.33, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.024 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.099 104)
XYZ	xyz(32.6738, 36.8789, 14.8465)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA659 #5960AD

analogous

#AD7C59 #ADA659 #8AAD59

triadic

#ADA659 #59ADA6 #A659AD

tetradic

#ADA659 #59AD7C #5960AD #AD598A

square

#ADA659 #59AD7C #5960AD #AD598A

split-complementary

#ADA659 #598AAD #7C59AD

monochromatic

#5D5A2E #868142 #ADA659 #C1BC82 #D5D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ADA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ADA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA659

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA659	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.099 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c08a',
    500: '#ada659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada659;
$custom-light: #c7c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71424,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.36878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA659

secondary

#9EA1C3

accent

#67CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA659

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

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