#ADAE2B#ADAE2B

#ADAE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.145 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE2B
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -15.61, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 64.18, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0496 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.145 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.8069, 39.3317, 8.1487)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE2B #2C2BAE

analogous

#AE6D2B #ADAE2B #6BAE2B

triadic

#ADAE2B #2BADAE #AE2BAD

tetradic

#ADAE2B #2BAE6D #2C2BAE #AE2B6B

square

#ADAE2B #2BAE6D #2C2BAE #AE2B6B

split-complementary

#ADAE2B #2B6BAE #6D2BAE

monochromatic

#4B4C13 #7C7D1F #ADAE2B #D0D145 #DCDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ADAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE2B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE2B	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.145 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56f',
    500: '#adae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae2b;
$custom-light: #c9c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE2B

secondary

#7170C5

accent

#44E446

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE2B

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

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