#ADAE25#ADAE25

#ADAE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.148 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE25
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -15.84, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 66.03, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0508 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.148 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.7048, 39.2909, 7.6110)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE25 #2625AE

analogous

#AE6B25 #ADAE25 #69AE25

triadic

#ADAE25 #25ADAE #AE25AD

tetradic

#ADAE25 #25AE6B #2625AE #AE2569

square

#ADAE25 #25AE6B #2625AE #AE2569

split-complementary

#ADAE25 #2569AE #6B25AE

monochromatic

#494910 #7B7C1A #ADAE25 #D4D53B #DFE06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE25

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE25	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: #adae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.148 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#adae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae25;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.3929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE25

secondary

#6968C6

accent

#40E841

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE25

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

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