#ADA759#ADA759

#ADA759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA759
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -8.83, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 41.76, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0256 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.101 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8563, 37.2439, 14.9073)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA759 #595FAD

analogous

#AD7D59 #ADA759 #89AD59

triadic

#ADA759 #59ADA7 #A759AD

tetradic

#ADA759 #59AD7D #595FAD #AD5989

square

#ADA759 #59AD7D #595FAD #AD5989

split-complementary

#ADA759 #5989AD #7D59AD

monochromatic

#5D5A2E #868242 #ADA759 #C1BD82 #D5D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ADA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ADA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA759

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA759	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c18a',
    500: '#ada759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada759;
$custom-light: #c7c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71641,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA759

secondary

#9EA1C3

accent

#66CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA759

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

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