#ADA779#ADA779

#ADA779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.063 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA779
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 30.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -5.17, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 25.17, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0126 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.063 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5037, 37.9029, 23.5838)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA779 #797FAD

analogous

#AD8D79 #ADA779 #99AD79

triadic

#ADA779 #79ADA7 #A779AD

tetradic

#ADA779 #79AD8D #797FAD #AD7999

square

#ADA779 #79AD8D #797FAD #AD7999

split-complementary

#ADA779 #7999AD #8D79AD

monochromatic

#6A6641 #908A58 #ADA779 #C4C09F #DBD9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADA779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ADA779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA779

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA779	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.063 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1a0',
    500: '#ada779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada779;
$custom-light: #c6c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA779

secondary

#B6B9CB

accent

#72C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA779

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

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