#ADAE26#ADAE26

#ADAE26 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	#ADAE26
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.81, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 65.73, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0506 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.148 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.7207, 39.2973, 7.6949)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE26 #2726AE

analogous

#AE6B26 #ADAE26 #69AE26

triadic

#ADAE26 #26ADAE #AE26AD

tetradic

#ADAE26 #26AE6B #2726AE #AE2669

square

#ADAE26 #26AE6B #2726AE #AE2669

split-complementary

#ADAE26 #2669AE #6B26AE

monochromatic

#494A10 #7B7C1B #ADAE26 #D3D53D #DFE06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE26

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE26	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)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.148 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56d',
    500: '#adae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae26;
$custom-light: #c9c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72705,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE26

secondary

#6A6AC6

accent

#41E742

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE26

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

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