#ADAA56#ADAA56

#ADAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA56
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -10.69, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 44.55, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0312 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.107 107)
XYZ	xyz(33.2888, 38.3065, 14.4426)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA56 #5659AD

analogous

#AD7E56 #ADAA56 #84AD56

triadic

#ADAA56 #56ADAA #AA56AD

tetradic

#ADAA56 #56AD7E #5659AD #AD5684

square

#ADAA56 #56AD7E #5659AD #AD5684

split-complementary

#ADAA56 #5684AD #7E56AD

monochromatic

#5C5A2D #858341 #ADAA56 #C1BF7F #D5D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ADAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA56

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA56	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c388',
    500: '#adaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa56;
$custom-light: #c7c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 34.661,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72255,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA56

secondary

#9C9DC3

accent

#61CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA56

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

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