#ADAC31#ADAC31

#ADAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.140 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC31
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -14.30, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 61.37, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0454 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.14 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.5417, 38.6120, 8.6438)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC31 #3132AD

analogous

#AD6E31 #ADAC31 #70AD31

triadic

#ADAC31 #31ADAC #AC31AD

tetradic

#ADAC31 #31AD6E #3132AD #AD3170

square

#ADAC31 #31AD6E #3132AD #AD3170

split-complementary

#ADAC31 #3170AD #6E31AD

monochromatic

#4E4D16 #7D7D23 #ADAC31 #CDCC4E #DADA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ADAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC31

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC31	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)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.140 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c472',
    500: '#adac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac31;
$custom-light: #c9c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC31

secondary

#7777C3

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC31

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

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