#ADAE2A#ADAE2A

#ADAE2A 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	#ADAE2A
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -15.65, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 64.50, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0498 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.146 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.7888, 39.3245, 8.0532)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE2A #2B2AAE

analogous

#AE6D2A #ADAE2A #6BAE2A

triadic

#ADAE2A #2AADAE #AE2AAD

tetradic

#ADAE2A #2AAE6D #2B2AAE #AE2A6B

square

#ADAE2A #2AAE6D #2B2AAE #AE2A6B

split-complementary

#ADAE2A #2A6BAE #6D2AAE

monochromatic

#4B4B12 #7C7D1E #ADAE2A #D1D243 #DDDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ADAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE2A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE2A	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.146 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56f',
    500: '#adae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae2a;
$custom-light: #c9c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE2A

secondary

#6F6FC5

accent

#44E445

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE2A

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

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