#ADAE30#ADAE30

#ADAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.142 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAE30
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -15.38, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 62.49, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0485 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.142 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9043, 39.3707, 8.6617)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAE30 #3130AE

analogous

#AE7030 #ADAE30 #6EAE30

triadic

#ADAE30 #30ADAE #AE30AD

tetradic

#ADAE30 #30AE70 #3130AE #AE306E

square

#ADAE30 #30AE70 #3130AE #AE306E

split-complementary

#ADAE30 #306EAE #7030AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7D7E23 #ADAE30 #CDCE4D #DADB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ADAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAE30

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAE30	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)

#BCA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c571',
    500: '#adae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adae30;
$custom-light: #c9c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.476,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAE30

secondary

#7776C4

accent

#48E049

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAE30

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

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