#ADAC2B#ADAC2B

#ADAC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC2B
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -14.58, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 63.44, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0468 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.4234, 38.5647, 8.0208)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC2B #2B2CAD

analogous

#AD6B2B #ADAC2B #6DAD2B

triadic

#ADAC2B #2BADAC #AC2BAD

tetradic

#ADAC2B #2BAD6B #2B2CAD #AD2B6D

square

#ADAC2B #2BAD6B #2B2CAD #AD2B6D

split-complementary

#ADAC2B #2B6DAD #6B2BAD

monochromatic

#4B4B13 #7C7B1F #ADAC2B #D1D045 #DDDC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ADAC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC2B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC2B	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA50D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46f',
    500: '#adac2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac2b;
$custom-light: #c9c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC2B

secondary

#6F70C4

accent

#46E344

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC2B

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

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