#ADAE29#ADAE29

#ADAE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.146 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE29
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -15.69, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 64.82, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.05 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.146 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.7711, 39.3174, 7.9601)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE29 #2A29AE

analogous

#AE6D29 #ADAE29 #6BAE29

triadic

#ADAE29 #29ADAE #AE29AD

tetradic

#ADAE29 #29AE6D #2A29AE #AE296B

square

#ADAE29 #29AE6D #2A29AE #AE296B

split-complementary

#ADAE29 #296BAE #6D29AE

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7C7C1D #ADAE29 #D1D242 #DDDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE29

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE29	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)

#BCA604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.146 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56e',
    500: '#adae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae29;
$custom-light: #c9c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72721,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE29

secondary

#6E6DC5

accent

#43E544

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE29

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

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