#ADA74E#ADA74E

#ADA74E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA74E
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -9.81, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 47.11, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0295 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.112 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4284, 37.0727, 12.6538)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA74E #4E54AD

analogous

#AD784E #ADA74E #84AD4E

triadic

#ADA74E #4EADA7 #A74EAD

tetradic

#ADA74E #4EAD78 #4E54AD #AD4E84

square

#ADA74E #4EAD78 #4E54AD #AD4E84

split-complementary

#ADA74E #4E84AD #784EAD

monochromatic

#595628 #837E3B #ADA74E #C2BD77 #D5D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#ADA74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA74E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA74E	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c082',
    500: '#ada74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada74e;
$custom-light: #c8c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.211,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71498,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA74E

secondary

#9598C2

accent

#61CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA74E

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

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