#ADA972#ADA972

#ADA972 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.074 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA972
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 34.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -7.14, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 29.82, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0186 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.074 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4592, 38.4758, 21.5276)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA972 #7276AD

analogous

#AD8C72 #ADA972 #94AD72

triadic

#ADA972 #72ADA9 #A972AD

tetradic

#ADA972 #72AD8C #7276AD #AD7294

square

#ADA972 #72AD8C #7276AD #AD7294

split-complementary

#ADA972 #7294AD #8C72AD

monochromatic

#68653D #8F8B53 #ADA972 #C4C199 #DAD8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ADA972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA972

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA972	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)

#B2A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.074 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c29b',
    500: '#ada972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada972;
$custom-light: #c6c29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 26.457,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.0741,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA972

secondary

#B1B3CA

accent

#6BC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA972

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

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