#ADAA70#ADAA70

#ADAA70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAA70
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -7.91, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 31.35, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.021 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.078 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5333, 38.8043, 20.9969)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAA70 #7073AD

analogous

#AD8B70 #ADAA70 #91AD70

triadic

#ADAA70 #70ADAA #AA70AD

tetradic

#ADAA70 #70AD8B #7073AD #AD7091

square

#ADAA70 #70AD8B #7073AD #AD7091

split-complementary

#ADAA70 #7091AD #8B70AD

monochromatic

#67653B #8E8B52 #ADAA70 #C3C197 #DAD8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAA70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ADAA70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAA70

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAA70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAA70	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaa70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c399',
    500: '#adaa70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaa70;
$custom-light: #c6c399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaa70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 27.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.07773,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAA70

secondary

#B0B1C9

accent

#69C364

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAA70

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

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