#ADAC3A#ADAC3A

#ADAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.134 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC3A
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -13.82, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.95, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0432 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.134 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7509, 38.6957, 9.7460)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC3A #3A3BAD

analogous

#AD723A #ADAC3A #75AD3A

triadic

#ADAC3A #3AADAC #AC3AAD

tetradic

#ADAC3A #3AAD72 #3A3BAD #AD3A75

square

#ADAC3A #3AAD72 #3A3BAD #AD3A75

split-complementary

#ADAC3A #3A75AD #723AAD

monochromatic

#51511B #7F7E2B #ADAC3A #C8C75C #D8D78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#ADAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC3A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.134 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c477',
    500: '#adac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac3a;
$custom-light: #c8c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72395,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC3A

secondary

#8181C2

accent

#50D94E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC3A

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

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