#ADA85D#ADA85D

#ADA85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.097 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA85D
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 46.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -8.97, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 40.20, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0255 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.097 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2127, 37.6807, 15.8774)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA85D #5D62AD

analogous

#AD805D #ADA85D #8AAD5D

triadic

#ADA85D #5DADA8 #A85DAD

tetradic

#ADA85D #5DAD80 #5D62AD #AD5D8A

square

#ADA85D #5DAD80 #5D62AD #AD5D8A

split-complementary

#ADA85D #5D8AAD #805DAD

monochromatic

#5F5C30 #888445 #ADA85D #C2BE86 #D6D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADA85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ADA85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA85D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA85D	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.097 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c18c',
    500: '#ada85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada85d;
$custom-light: #c7c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 32.787,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA85D

secondary

#A1A4C4

accent

#66C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA85D

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

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