#ADA74A#ADA74A

#ADA74A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA74A
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -10.13, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 48.98, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0309 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.115 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2893, 37.0171, 11.9214)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA74A #4A50AD

analogous

#AD754A #ADA74A #81AD4A

triadic

#ADA74A #4AADA7 #A74AAD

tetradic

#ADA74A #4AAD75 #4A50AD #AD4A81

square

#ADA74A #4AAD75 #4A50AD #AD4A81

split-complementary

#ADA74A #4A81AD #754AAD

monochromatic

#575425 #827E38 #ADA74A #C3BE72 #D5D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#ADA74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA74A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA74A	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c080',
    500: '#ada74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada74a;
$custom-light: #c8c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA74A

secondary

#9194C1

accent

#5FD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA74A

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

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