#ADA987#ADA987

#ADA987 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.047 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA987
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(54, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 22%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -4.26, 18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 18.60, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0097 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.047 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7946, 39.0100, 28.5610)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA987 #878BAD

analogous

#AD9687 #ADA987 #9EAD87

triadic

#ADA987 #87ADA9 #A987AD

tetradic

#ADA987 #87AD96 #878BAD #AD879E

square

#ADA987 #87AD96 #878BAD #AD879E

split-complementary

#ADA987 #879EAD #9687AD

monochromatic

#6E6B4B #938E64 #ADA987 #C6C3AB #DFDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ADA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA987

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA987	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.047 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2aa',
    500: '#ada987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada987;
$custom-light: #c5c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 18.812,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.0472,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA987

secondary

#C1C2CF

accent

#519D48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA987

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

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