#ADA856#ADA856

#ADA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.105 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA856
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -9.64, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 43.68, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0282 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.105 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9168, 37.5623, 14.3186)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA856 #565BAD

analogous

#AD7C56 #ADA856 #86AD56

triadic

#ADA856 #56ADA8 #A856AD

tetradic

#ADA856 #56AD7C #565BAD #AD5686

square

#ADA856 #56AD7C #565BAD #AD5686

split-complementary

#ADA856 #5686AD #7C56AD

monochromatic

#5C592D #858141 #ADA856 #C1BD7F #D5D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ADA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ADA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA856

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA856	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.105 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c188',
    500: '#ada856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada856;
$custom-light: #c7c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA856

secondary

#9C9EC3

accent

#63CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA856

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

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