#ADA951#ADA951

#ADA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA951
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -10.60, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 46.53, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0315 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.111 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9076, 37.8552, 13.3563)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA951 #5155AD

analogous

#AD7B51 #ADA951 #83AD51

triadic

#ADA951 #51ADA9 #A951AD

tetradic

#ADA951 #51AD7B #5155AD #AD5183

square

#ADA951 #51AD7B #5155AD #AD5183

split-complementary

#ADA951 #5183AD #7B51AD

monochromatic

#5A582A #83803D #ADA951 #C1BE7A #D4D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#ADA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA951

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA951	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c284',
    500: '#ada951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada951;
$custom-light: #c7c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71972,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA951

secondary

#989AC2

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA951

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

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