#ADAC4E#ADAC4E

#ADAC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAC4E
RGB	rgb(173, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -12.42, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 49.25, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.037 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.117 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3621, 38.9402, 12.9650)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAC4E #4E4FAD

analogous

#AD7D4E #ADAC4E #7FAD4E

triadic

#ADAC4E #4EADAC #AC4EAD

tetradic

#ADAC4E #4EAD7D #4E4FAD #AD4E7F

square

#ADAC4E #4EAD7D #4E4FAD #AD4E7F

split-complementary

#ADAC4E #4E7FAD #7D4EAD

monochromatic

#595828 #83823B #ADAC4E #C2C177 #D5D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#ADAC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAC4E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAC4E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c483',
    500: '#adac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adac4e;
$custom-light: #c8c483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.368,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAC4E

secondary

#9596C2

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAC4E

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

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