#ADAC37#ADAC37

#ADAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC37
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -13.99, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 59.13, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.044 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.136 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6768, 38.6661, 9.3557)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC37 #3738AD

analogous

#AD7137 #ADAC37 #73AD37

triadic

#ADAC37 #37ADAC #AC37AD

tetradic

#ADAC37 #37AD71 #3738AD #AD3773

square

#ADAC37 #37AD71 #3738AD #AD3773

split-complementary

#ADAC37 #3773AD #7137AD

monochromatic

#505019 #7F7E28 #ADAC37 #CAC957 #D8D886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ADAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC37

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC37	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c475',
    500: '#adac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac37;
$custom-light: #c9c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC37

secondary

#7D7EC2

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC37

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

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