#ADAC38#ADAC38

#ADAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC38
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -13.94, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 58.74, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0437 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.135 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7010, 38.6758, 9.4832)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC38 #3839AD

analogous

#AD7138 #ADAC38 #74AD38

triadic

#ADAC38 #38ADAC #AC38AD

tetradic

#ADAC38 #38AD71 #3839AD #AD3874

square

#ADAC38 #38AD71 #3839AD #AD3874

split-complementary

#ADAC38 #3874AD #7138AD

monochromatic

#51501A #7F7E29 #ADAC38 #C9C859 #D8D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#ADAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC38

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC38	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c475',
    500: '#adac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac38;
$custom-light: #c9c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC38

secondary

#7F7FC2

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC38

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

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