#ADAC2E#ADAC2E

#ADAC2E 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	#ADAC2E
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -14.45, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 62.43, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0461 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.4804, 38.5875, 8.3214)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC2E #2E2FAD

analogous

#AD6D2E #ADAC2E #6EAD2E

triadic

#ADAC2E #2EADAC #AC2EAD

tetradic

#ADAC2E #2EAD6D #2E2FAD #AD2E6E

square

#ADAC2E #2EAD6D #2E2FAD #AD2E6E

split-complementary

#ADAC2E #2E6EAD #6D2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4C14 #7D7C21 #ADAC2E #CFCE49 #DCDB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ADAC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC2E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC2E	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)

#BAA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c470',
    500: '#adac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac2e;
$custom-light: #c9c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC2E

secondary

#7374C4

accent

#48E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC2E

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

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