#ADAC2D#ADAC2D

#ADAC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.142 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC2D
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -14.49, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 62.77, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0463 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.4610, 38.5798, 8.2188)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC2D #2D2EAD

analogous

#AD6C2D #ADAC2D #6EAD2D

triadic

#ADAC2D #2DADAC #AC2DAD

tetradic

#ADAC2D #2DAD6C #2D2EAD #AD2D6E

square

#ADAC2D #2DAD6C #2D2EAD #AD2D6E

split-complementary

#ADAC2D #2D6EAD #6C2DAD

monochromatic

#4C4B14 #7C7C20 #ADAC2D #CFCE48 #DCDB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ADAC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC2D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC2D	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c470',
    500: '#adac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac2d;
$custom-light: #c9c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC2D

secondary

#7272C4

accent

#47E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC2D

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

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