#ADA970#ADA970

#ADA970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.077 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA970
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 35.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -7.38, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 30.87, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0194 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.077 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3466, 38.4308, 20.9347)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA970 #7074AD

analogous

#AD8A70 #ADA970 #92AD70

triadic

#ADA970 #70ADA9 #A970AD

tetradic

#ADA970 #70AD8A #7074AD #AD7092

square

#ADA970 #70AD8A #7074AD #AD7092

split-complementary

#ADA970 #7092AD #8A70AD

monochromatic

#67643B #8E8A52 #ADA970 #C3C097 #DAD8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ADA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA970

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA970	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.077 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c299',
    500: '#ada970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada970;
$custom-light: #c6c299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 27.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.07654,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA970

secondary

#B0B1C9

accent

#6BC364

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA970

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

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