#ADA848#ADA848

#ADA848 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA848
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -10.80, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 50.31, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0331 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.118 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4069, 37.3584, 11.6334)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA848 #484DAD

analogous

#AD7648 #ADA848 #7FAD48

triadic

#ADA848 #48ADA8 #A848AD

tetradic

#ADA848 #48AD76 #484DAD #AD487F

square

#ADA848 #48AD76 #484DAD #AD487F

split-complementary

#ADA848 #487FAD #7648AD

monochromatic

#575424 #827E36 #ADA848 #C3BF6F #D5D29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ADA848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#ADA848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA848

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA848	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c17f',
    500: '#ada848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada848;
$custom-light: #c8c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71648,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA848

secondary

#8F92C1

accent

#5DD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA848

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

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