#ADA86D#ADA86D

#ADA86D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.079 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA86D
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 37%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -7.21, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 31.98, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0192 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.079 104)
XYZ	xyz(33.9970, 37.9944, 20.0078)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA86D #6D72AD

analogous

#AD886D #ADA86D #92AD6D

triadic

#ADA86D #6DADA8 #A86DAD

tetradic

#ADA86D #6DAD88 #6D72AD #AD6D92

square

#ADA86D #6DAD88 #6D72AD #AD6D92

split-complementary

#ADA86D #6D92AD #886DAD

monochromatic

#666339 #8D894F #ADA86D #C3BF94 #D9D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADA86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ADA86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA86D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA86D	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.079 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c197',
    500: '#ada86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada86d;
$custom-light: #c6c197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72176,
    "c": 0.07899,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA86D

secondary

#AEB0C8

accent

#6BC463

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA86D

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

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