#ADA962#ADA962

#ADA962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA962
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 43.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -8.98, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 38.12, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0251 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.093 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6268, 38.1429, 17.1438)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA962 #6266AD

analogous

#AD8362 #ADA962 #8BAD62

triadic

#ADA962 #62ADA9 #A962AD

tetradic

#ADA962 #62AD83 #6266AD #AD628B

square

#ADA962 #62AD83 #6266AD #AD628B

split-complementary

#ADA962 #628BAD #8362AD

monochromatic

#625F33 #8A8648 #ADA962 #C2BF8A #D7D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ADA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA962

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA962	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c290',
    500: '#ada962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada962;
$custom-light: #c7c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72209,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA962

secondary

#A5A7C6

accent

#66C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA962

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

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