#ADAE2E#ADAE2E

#ADAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.144 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE2E
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 73.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -15.47, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 63.18, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.049 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.144 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8639, 39.3546, 8.4493)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE2E #2F2EAE

analogous

#AE6F2E #ADAE2E #6DAE2E

triadic

#ADAE2E #2EADAE #AE2EAD

tetradic

#ADAE2E #2EAE6F #2F2EAE #AE2E6D

square

#ADAE2E #2EAE6F #2F2EAE #AE2E6D

split-complementary

#ADAE2E #2E6DAE #6F2EAE

monochromatic

#4D4D14 #7D7E21 #ADAE2E #CECF4A #DBDC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ADAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE2E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE2E	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)

#BCA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.144 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c570',
    500: '#adae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae2e;
$custom-light: #c9c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72751,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE2E

secondary

#7474C4

accent

#46E148

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE2E

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

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