#ADAC36#ADAC36

#ADAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC36
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -14.05, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 59.51, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0442 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.137 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6531, 38.6566, 9.2307)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC36 #3637AD

analogous

#AD7136 #ADAC36 #73AD36

triadic

#ADAC36 #36ADAC #AC36AD

tetradic

#ADAC36 #36AD71 #3637AD #AD3673

square

#ADAC36 #36AD71 #3637AD #AD3673

split-complementary

#ADAC36 #3673AD #7136AD

monochromatic

#504F19 #7E7E27 #ADAC36 #CAC956 #D9D885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ADAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ADAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC36

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC36	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c474',
    500: '#adac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac36;
$custom-light: #c9c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC36

secondary

#7C7DC2

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC36

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

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