#ADAE2F#ADAE2F

#ADAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.143 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE2F
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -15.43, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 62.84, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0488 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.143 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8839, 39.3625, 8.5543)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE2F #302FAE

analogous

#AE6F2F #ADAE2F #6EAE2F

triadic

#ADAE2F #2FADAE #AE2FAD

tetradic

#ADAE2F #2FAE6F #302FAE #AE2F6E

square

#ADAE2F #2FAE6F #302FAE #AE2F6E

split-complementary

#ADAE2F #2F6EAE #6F2FAE

monochromatic

#4D4E15 #7D7E22 #ADAE2F #CECF4C #DBDC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ADAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE2F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE2F	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)

#BCA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.143 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c571',
    500: '#adae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae2f;
$custom-light: #c9c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.472,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72758,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE2F

secondary

#7575C4

accent

#47E148

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE2F

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

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