#ADA949#ADA949

#ADA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA949
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 57.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -11.25, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 50.27, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0342 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.118 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6251, 37.7422, 11.8684)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA949 #494DAD

analogous

#AD7749 #ADA949 #7FAD49

triadic

#ADA949 #49ADA9 #A949AD

tetradic

#ADA949 #49AD77 #494DAD #AD497F

square

#ADA949 #49AD77 #494DAD #AD497F

split-complementary

#ADA949 #497FAD #7749AD

monochromatic

#575525 #827F37 #ADA949 #C3C070 #D5D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ADA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA949

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA949	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c27f',
    500: '#ada949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada949;
$custom-light: #c8c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 40.65,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71878,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA949

secondary

#9092C1

accent

#5CD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA949

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

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