#ADAA4E#ADAA4E

#ADAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA4E
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -11.38, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 48.38, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.034 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.115 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9844, 38.1847, 12.8391)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA4E #4E51AD

analogous

#AD7B4E #ADAA4E #81AD4E

triadic

#ADAA4E #4EADAA #AA4EAD

tetradic

#ADAA4E #4EAD7B #4E51AD #AD4E81

square

#ADAA4E #4EAD7B #4E51AD #AD4E81

split-complementary

#ADAA4E #4E81AD #7B4EAD

monochromatic

#595728 #83813B #ADAA4E #C2BF77 #D5D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ADAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ADAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA4E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA4E	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c383',
    500: '#adaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa4e;
$custom-light: #c8c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA4E

secondary

#9597C2

accent

#5ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA4E

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

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