#ADAC23#ADAC23

#ADAC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC23
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -14.89, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 65.88, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0483 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2907, 38.5117, 7.3223)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC23 #2324AD

analogous

#AD6723 #ADAC23 #69AD23

triadic

#ADAC23 #23ADAC #AC23AD

tetradic

#ADAC23 #23AD67 #2324AD #AD2369

square

#ADAC23 #23AD67 #2324AD #AD2369

split-complementary

#ADAC23 #2369AD #6723AD

monochromatic

#47470E #7A7919 #ADAC23 #D6D537 #E1E06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#ADAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC23

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC23	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46b',
    500: '#adac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac23;
$custom-light: #c9c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC23

secondary

#6566C7

accent

#40E93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC23

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

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