#ADA975#ADA975

#ADA975 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.070 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA975
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 117)
HSL	hsl(56, 25%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -6.76, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 28.23, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0174 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.07 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6327, 38.5452, 22.4417)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA975 #7579AD

analogous

#AD8D75 #ADA975 #95AD75

triadic

#ADA975 #75ADA9 #A975AD

tetradic

#ADA975 #75AD8D #7579AD #AD7595

square

#ADA975 #75AD8D #7579AD #AD7595

split-complementary

#ADA975 #7595AD #8D75AD

monochromatic

#69663E #908B55 #ADA975 #C4C19B #DBD9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADA975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ADA975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA975

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA975	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.070 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c29d',
    500: '#ada975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada975;
$custom-light: #c6c29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72539,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA975

secondary

#B3B5CA

accent

#6DC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA975

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

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