#ADA65E#ADA65E

#ADA65E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.094 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA65E
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 45.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -7.81, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 38.81, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0221 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.094 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8909, 36.9658, 15.9900)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA65E #5E65AD

analogous

#AD7F5E #ADA65E #8CAD5E

triadic

#ADA65E #5EADA6 #A65EAD

tetradic

#ADA65E #5EAD7F #5E65AD #AD5E8C

square

#ADA65E #5EAD7F #5E65AD #AD5E8C

split-complementary

#ADA65E #5E8CAD #7F5EAD

monochromatic

#605C31 #888245 #ADA65E #C2BC87 #D6D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ADA65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA65E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA65E	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.094 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c08d',
    500: '#ada65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada65e;
$custom-light: #c7c08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 32.51,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71497,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA65E

secondary

#A2A5C5

accent

#68C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA65E

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

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