#ADA849#ADA849

#ADA849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA849
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -10.73, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 49.86, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0327 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.117 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4398, 37.3715, 11.8067)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA849 #494EAD

analogous

#AD7649 #ADA849 #80AD49

triadic

#ADA849 #49ADA8 #A849AD

tetradic

#ADA849 #49AD76 #494EAD #AD4980

square

#ADA849 #49AD76 #494EAD #AD4980

split-complementary

#ADA849 #4980AD #7649AD

monochromatic

#575425 #827E37 #ADA849 #C3BF70 #D5D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ADA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#ADA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA849

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA849	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)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c17f',
    500: '#ada849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada849;
$custom-light: #c8c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA849

secondary

#9093C1

accent

#5DD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA849

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

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