#ADAE27#ADAE27

#ADAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.147 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE27
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.77, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 65.43, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0504 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.147 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.7371, 39.3038, 7.7810)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE27 #2827AE

analogous

#AE6B27 #ADAE27 #6AAE27

triadic

#ADAE27 #27ADAE #AE27AD

tetradic

#ADAE27 #27AE6B #2827AE #AE276A

square

#ADAE27 #27AE6B #2827AE #AE276A

split-complementary

#ADAE27 #276AAE #6B27AE

monochromatic

#4A4A11 #7B7C1C #ADAE27 #D3D43E #DEDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE27

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE27	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)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.147 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56d',
    500: '#adae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae27;
$custom-light: #c9c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7271,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE27

secondary

#6C6BC6

accent

#41E643

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE27

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

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