#ADAC40#ADAC40

#ADAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC40
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -13.45, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 55.48, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0415 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.129 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9126, 38.7604, 10.5973)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC40 #4041AD

analogous

#AD7640 #ADAC40 #78AD40

triadic

#ADAC40 #40ADAC #AC40AD

tetradic

#ADAC40 #40AD76 #4041AD #AD4078

square

#ADAC40 #40AD76 #4041AD #AD4078

split-complementary

#ADAC40 #4078AD #7640AD

monochromatic

#54531F #80802F #ADAC40 #C6C564 #D6D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ADAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC40

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC40	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c47a',
    500: '#adac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac40;
$custom-light: #c8c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC40

secondary

#8788C2

accent

#53D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC40

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

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