#ADAE2D#ADAE2D

#ADAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.144 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE2D
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -15.52, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 63.52, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0492 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.8445, 39.3468, 8.3467)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE2D #2E2DAE

analogous

#AE6E2D #ADAE2D #6CAE2D

triadic

#ADAE2D #2DADAE #AE2DAD

tetradic

#ADAE2D #2DAE6E #2E2DAE #AE2D6C

square

#ADAE2D #2DAE6E #2E2DAE #AE2D6C

split-complementary

#ADAE2D #2D6CAE #6E2DAE

monochromatic

#4C4D14 #7D7D20 #ADAE2D #CFD048 #DCDC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ADAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE2D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE2D	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)

#BCA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.144 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c570',
    500: '#adae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae2d;
$custom-light: #c9c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE2D

secondary

#7372C4

accent

#46E247

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE2D

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

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