#ADAE23#ADAE23

#ADAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.149 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE23
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -15.91, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 66.60, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0511 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.149 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.6742, 39.2787, 7.4502)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE23 #2423AE

analogous

#AE6923 #ADAE23 #67AE23

triadic

#ADAE23 #23ADAE #AE23AD

tetradic

#ADAE23 #23AE69 #2423AE #AE2367

square

#ADAE23 #23AE69 #2423AE #AE2367

split-complementary

#ADAE23 #2367AE #6923AE

monochromatic

#48480F #7A7B19 #ADAE23 #D6D737 #E0E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE23

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE23	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.149 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#adae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae23;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE23

secondary

#6666C7

accent

#3EE940

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE23

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

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