#ADA85E#ADA85E

#ADA85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.096 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA85E
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 45.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -8.86, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 39.70, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0252 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.096 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2573, 37.6985, 16.1122)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA85E #5E63AD

analogous

#AD815E #ADA85E #8AAD5E

triadic

#ADA85E #5EADA8 #A85EAD

tetradic

#ADA85E #5EAD81 #5E63AD #AD5E8A

square

#ADA85E #5EAD81 #5E63AD #AD5E8A

split-complementary

#ADA85E #5E8AAD #815EAD

monochromatic

#605D31 #888445 #ADA85E #C2BE87 #D6D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ADA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA85E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA85E	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)

#B3A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.096 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c18d',
    500: '#ada85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada85e;
$custom-light: #c7c18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 32.51,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71931,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA85E

secondary

#A2A4C5

accent

#66C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA85E

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

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