#ADAE24#ADAE24

#ADAE24 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	#ADAE24
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -15.88, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 66.32, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.051 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.149 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.6893, 39.2847, 7.5295)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE24 #2524AE

analogous

#AE6A24 #ADAE24 #68AE24

triadic

#ADAE24 #24ADAE #AE24AD

tetradic

#ADAE24 #24AE6A #2524AE #AE2468

square

#ADAE24 #24AE6A #2524AE #AE2468

split-complementary

#ADAE24 #2468AE #6A24AE

monochromatic

#48490F #7B7B1A #ADAE24 #D5D639 #E0E16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE24

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE24	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)

#BEAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.149 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#adae24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae24;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE24

secondary

#6867C7

accent

#3FE940

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE24

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

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