#ADAC2C#ADAC2C

#ADAC2C 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	#ADAC2C
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -14.54, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 63.10, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0465 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.4419, 38.5721, 8.1186)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC2C #2C2DAD

analogous

#AD6C2C #ADAC2C #6DAD2C

triadic

#ADAC2C #2CADAC #AC2CAD

tetradic

#ADAC2C #2CAD6C #2C2DAD #AD2C6D

square

#ADAC2C #2CAD6C #2C2DAD #AD2C6D

split-complementary

#ADAC2C #2C6DAD #6C2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4B13 #7C7B20 #ADAC2C #D0CF46 #DCDC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ADAC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC2C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC2C	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)

#BAA510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46f',
    500: '#adac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac2c;
$custom-light: #c9c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC2C

secondary

#7171C4

accent

#46E345

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC2C

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

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