#ADAC2F#ADAC2F

#ADAC2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.141 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC2F
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -14.40, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 62.08, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0459 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.5004, 38.5955, 8.4265)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC2F #2F30AD

analogous

#AD6D2F #ADAC2F #6FAD2F

triadic

#ADAC2F #2FADAC #AC2FAD

tetradic

#ADAC2F #2FAD6D #2F30AD #AD2F6F

square

#ADAC2F #2FAD6D #2F30AD #AD2F6F

split-complementary

#ADAC2F #2F6FAD #6D2FAD

monochromatic

#4D4C15 #7D7C22 #ADAC2F #CECD4B #DBDA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ADAC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC2F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC2F	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)

#BAA517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c471',
    500: '#adac2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac2f;
$custom-light: #c9c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72314,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC2F

secondary

#7475C4

accent

#48E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC2F

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

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