#ADA978#ADA978

#ADA978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.067 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA978
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -6.37, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 26.64, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0161 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.067 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.8119, 38.6169, 23.3856)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA978 #787CAD

analogous

#AD8F78 #ADA978 #96AD78

triadic

#ADA978 #78ADA9 #A978AD

tetradic

#ADA978 #78AD8F #787CAD #AD7896

square

#ADA978 #78AD8F #787CAD #AD7896

split-complementary

#ADA978 #7896AD #8F78AD

monochromatic

#6A6740 #908C58 #ADA978 #C4C19E #DBDAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ADA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA978

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA978	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.067 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c29f',
    500: '#ada978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada978;
$custom-light: #c6c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 24.424,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.06662,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA978

secondary

#B6B7CB

accent

#6EC167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA978

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

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